Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Sun Niagra Server
After reading this entry on Feld Thoughts about Sun letting people try a Sun Niagra server for 60 days. I followed his links to this form to see if I could qualify Global Decisions for the trial.
The Niagra could replace potentially three i386-based servers. Two development and test servers in my home office and a production server that we lease from Tek Alchemy.
I was soon contacted by the Sun rep., since two of the three servers are based in my home office and the server was to be delivered to my home when he ran a 'D&B' it threw up a red flag. But when I explained the situation he understood and one hurdle was overcome.
To keep the story short I read the blog entry above on Feb 22nd, by the 24th I had been approved and today I received my server. So now it's time to put it through its paces. And I'll let you know how it goes as it happens.
¶ 9:55 PM
