SunBlade 2000 vs SunBlade 2500 vs Ultra 45

It really depends on which trade off's you want. I personally would go with an Ultra 45 as SCSI is on its way out and you will be able to get SATA drives most likely for longer down the road. The larger CPU cache and UPA slot on the SB2000 can make it slightly faster depending on the application, - Tad * -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:15 AM To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: SunBlade 2000 vs SunBlade 2500 vs Ultra 45 Might be pushing 'classic' a bit.... as the 'oldest' of these three is only 7 years old.... so... if these aren't 'classic' enough yet... please forgive me :-) So.... which one is best in your opinion ? The 2000 takes UltraSparc III, 8MB cache (at 200mhz bus), the 2500 and U45 use UltraSparc IIIi, 1MB cache on chip (but how are the cycles to it ?) Beyond that, memory tech differs... 2000 takes ?, the 2500 takes ECC DDR266, and the U45 ECC DDR333. The 2000 and 2500 do SCSI, while the U45 does SAS/SATA. But beyond that, how is reliability, how is USIII vs USIIIi performance ? The 2000 will do vertical UPA, right ? (I have some C3D cards from U60) The 2500 looks like fastest slot is 64 bit 66mhz 3.3V PCI (so what Sun GFX cards go in there?). And the U45 has PCI-X and PCIe x16. (I assume graphics there is usually via the PCIe x16, right ? Looking for 'best' desktop Sparc.... assume it would be one of these three, no ? Thanks, -- Curt