Differences between Sun Ultra 20 and Ultra 40 Workstations: Feature Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Max no. Of CPUs Single Processor, Single or Dual-Core Configurations Dual Processors, Single or Dual-Core Configurations CPUs supported (AMD Opteron) Opteron 100 series Opteron 200 series Memory (RAM) Up to 4 DIMM slots, unbuffered DIMMs only PC3200 ECC (1 GB, 512 MB) or non-ECC (256 MB) capacities. Up to 8 registered DIMMs (4 per CPU), DDR1, 400 ECC in 512 MB, 1 GB and 2 GB capacities.
The guy might or might not be a Sun zealot, but I think his summary of the pros and cons is right on. Another thing: everyone says the Quadro NVS 280 video card is pretty worthless for 3D if you want to do any gaming at all, although I guess it must be better than the onboard Rage XL. I've got a development machine of sorts (not an Ultra 20) setup with Linux/Windows/Solaris x86 triple boot. The Ultra 20 would probably be a fine machine for something like that, or if you just decide you don't like Solaris at all later on. Sorry, darthchung, you're incorrect. The Ultra 20 is a full-fledged Sun workstation. It's an older one (I'd guess 5-6 years old) running on an UltraSPARC IIi processor.
Sun have managed to produce a very good machine in the Ultra 20 M2. It’s fast and capable, and has a good range of hardware ports and support. As a full 64-bit workstation it is hard to fault, especially when you consider that prices start just US$845 for a basic dual-core model. BK3001 Ultra-thin Bluetooth 3.0 ABS Keyboard for iPad Air 2 / iPAD Air / iPad 6 / iPad 5 / iPad mini 1 / 2 / 3 / New iPad. Compatible with Mac os operating system,iPad,Phone OS 4.0 does not need to install any drivers,can be used directly 12) Compatible with windows mobile operating system,do not need to install any drivers, can be used.
It has the Sun PROM just like any other Sun workstation does, and is not an off-the-shelf PC. What may make it seem like a PC is the fact that the case, power supply, motherboard, CD-ROM drive, and floppy drive are all pretty much commodity items, but the rest (what counts, anyway) is custom Sun equipment. It is unfortunate that Sun switched from SCSI to IDE for these machines (just as with most other Ultras) but you can still add a SCSI PCI card and run SCSI drives if you want. It only runs Solaris. I am not looking for a box for extreme 3D simulations or anything.
Most java/c programming for my research ideas, and I want to study UNIX systems more (low level programming). I hesitate with DIY because I have never done it before, and also but when I added up the price for parts (maybe it is a lot cheaper in the USA and Taiwan??), I was getting close to $800 after I picked out HD, DVD-ROM, et cetera. Dell is the only thing I can find cheaper, but then I have to buy Windows.and the other bundled software. I don't mind Solaris or Linux. If I order it I would just go with Solaris. And if I wanted Linux I would install it later. This would not be my main machine.
Problem with my machine(iBook) is that Java runs like crap. Obj-C and C are fine, but Java is painful. I'm looking for a more pleasant development environment. Anyway, thanks for the input! JustinS, thanks for the link. I didn't realize that the Ultra20 used the same hard drive cages as other Suns.
That might be a huge factor in my getting one. (It makes swapping hard drives a lot easier which is very attractive to me.) Myrrh, don't sweat it. Keeping track of computer hardware is like keeping track of tax laws; you can only do it if you're willing to lose your mind. Novemberfog, it has a D-Sub connector so I'm guessing that a standard monitor would be fine.
I haven't read anything to the contrary, at any rate. I also didn't notice that you were in Japan.
That might significantly influence what you can buy (at an acceptable price). I bought one of these in November, mostly as a development machine. I seriously considered building one of my own, but decided to go ahead and take advantage of Sun's offer. There are other sites that have reviewed the hardware, so I won't go into those details.
I bought the entry-level machine. I've got lots more good than bad to say about it. The machine is FAST, quiet (after the fans calm down from the boot process) and works well. I pretty much immediately bought another 1 GB of RAM for it. That made a huge difference, but it did run well with only 512 MB. Sun doesn't make it easy to find the tools they ship with the machine.
Finding SunStudio, Creator, etc, took some spelunking. Installing the software I'm comfortable with took some work. If you have Sun Studio (as well as GCC), you are running in a mixed-build environment, so you have to make sure things get picked up correctly.
Setting up tensorflow for mac. Some of the tools needed by other OSS software (such as ar) are buried in a separate directory. In general, I love the machine. Sun's ordering, though, is problematic. I'll add more later, as I have to run. But I think the machine is quite a deal.
Sun Ultra 20 Drivers For Mac
I thought I'd add some more details. I use Eclipse a lot, and there's no build of Eclipse for Solaris x86, so I had to build it on my own. It's not terribly hard and it builds in no time at all. Netbeans, however, crashes consistently on Solaris x86 (64-bit mode). Solaris does have freeware repositories, but they can lag behind the newer releases. Generally, things build without problems as long as you have your PATH set up.
You also cannot use Sun's make to build most things (install GNU make). Sun is supposed to charge you once a year for 3 years. I've had 2 charges for the machine show up, so I'm still trying to get that problem worked out. I also decided to upgrade the video card to the mid-level machine (an Nvidia card) that Sun sells for about $110 (this is the PCI-Express version). Sun shipped me a disk drive/SCSI paddleboard instead.
Sun Ultra 20 Drivers For Macbook Pro
They are attempting to remedy the problem, but it's crazy that they could ship something that different from what I ordered (and the manifest had the correct item listed). So, great machine, questionable service. Also, their online order tracking is horribly broken.