Paul, >SUN has SEVERE RELIABILITY PROBLEMS with their Top-Of-The Line UltraSparc II Enterprise servers !!!!
WOW! I got a kick out of this one:
Sun insisted this week that the problem hasn't caused any data loss for customers. But the frequency of reboots disrupts availability and can cause data loss if applications don't restart properly, users said.
That's like a car manufacturer saying 'yes, our cars crash a lot but no passenger has suffered brain damage yet.'
Gartner and Meta, the two computer consulting groups mentioned, are THE pre-eminent independent expert groups on large - medium computer systems in the world. You don't want to get on their bad side. Customers absolutely listen to them WRT what's good/bad in bigger systems. I hope Intel has a good working relationship with them, or is building same.
Check this:
According to Shoemaker, Sun hasn't been able to narrow the problem to any one specific cause. Sun believes the problems may have been caused by a combination of factors, including defective components from one of Sun's suppliers, poor packaging of the memory chips on the system boards, and environmental factors.
Yeah right, blame vendors, blame the environment. But this is ridiculous:>Sun customers began reporting the problem as long as 18 months ago, he said.
A Boeing executive, after a plane crash that was traced to one of their vendor's engine problems, said he was not going to tag the blame on the vendor. If it's in our plane, it's our problem, he said.
Got me going early for a Saturday!
Tony |
