I'm going to upgrade our Amanda tape/index server.

I've narrowed the choice of machines down to one of 2 Sun Models. Either a
W2100Z, or a Ultra 40. I plan on using an Ultrim tape drive, and doing
compression on the server, so I need lot's of CPU power, and of course high
I/O throughput.

I was wondering what people thought about this selection?

The W2100Z is a SCSI machine, but I would still add a 2nd SCSI card
dedicated to the tape drive. The Ultra 40 looks like it would have more CPU
power, as the processors are dual core. I plan on using Solaris 10, if that
matters. Is SATA equal to SCSI for the disk I/O?


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