SGI Indigo2 IMPACT questions

[Zane H. Healy]

>  > Indigo2 might look bad next to an Octane, but in many things it will
>>  trash or keep up with O2, so don't knock it yet.
>Sure. The O2 has its very speciffic features, but it isn't quite a speed
>daemon. At least the R5k versions. The O2 has still better IO (Wide
>SCSI, 100 MBit/s Ethernet) and with a bit of luck you can get a cheap
>1600SW + O2 adapter...

Something else to keep in mind is that the O2 only supports 32-bit 
apps, while the Octane supports 64-bit apps.

		Zane


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