Linux vs. Solaris file IO performance

[Mark Komarinski]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 03:10:41PM -0500, pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:52:29 EST
> Mark Komarinski said:
> 
> >Sun is standardizing on FC drives (yep, Fibre Channel).  And
> >you thought SCSI was expensive....
> 
> Actually, FC drives are being produced in such large quantities now 
> that they're cheaper than SCSI drives in many cases.  It's the 
> controllers that'll really set you back!  SCSI controllers are cheap!

Really??  Sun charges $2300 for a 36GB FC drive.  Unless FC-AL is different
from FC.

Which may be why their stock is in the toilet...

-Mark