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To: Thomas Haegin who wrote (7366)	1/28/1998 9:00:00 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

<<I may get burned for this, but I didn't know that such partitioning technology is employed at all, be it SUNW or other HW manufs.>> It's been available on mainframes for a long time, but this is the first Sun box I've heard about it being on.

To: Thomas Haegin who wrote (7366)	1/28/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: Chung Yang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Actually, Starfire is able to take up to 64 processor which means that you can either run one copy of the operating system (Solaris) by using 64 processors or you can run 64 copies of the operating system each on its own processor. So it is like having 64 servers on one machine ( for a lack of a better way to describe it.) It is also hot swapable which means you never have to turn off the machine ever, if you want to add a processor or change a processor, add a disk ... etc. - Chung >>>> Paul, your additional comments on Starfires are much appreciated. This sounds like a very powerful feature: << They have a unique feature of partititioning the machine so that it can act like 2 or more servers >>. I may get burned for this, but I didn't know that such partitioning technology is employed at all, be it SUNW or other HW manufs. Thanks a lot, Thomas <<<<