2009/8/4 William Allen Simpson william.allen.simpson@gmail.com:
If acquisition cost is a concern, you might also consider building the hardware from scratch. Solaris 10 runs on most x86 hardware, but you have to be careful about selecting hardware (especially network and storage) that is on the Solaris HCL.
Any generic x86 server hardware should be fine in general. Dells certainly are, I believe HP is actively supporting Solaris too.
If you have to buy now, and are unlikely to upgrade for years, the current gold plated performance version is Sun ZFS over NetApp filers.
Rilly? I thought they were comparable in performance but Sun was way cheaper (hence the patent kerfuffle).
- d.