Fastest hardware for Solaris 8

What's the fastest UltraSparc machine available on which Solaris 8 will install, under say $8,000? "Fastest" in this case means total CPU speed. We need to continue supporting Solaris 8 for some of our clients, and we need to purchase some hardware that will support it. From what I've read, the new Niagara servers do not support anything under Solaris 10.
Thanks.

Among the current server models, consider the Sunfire V210, V240, or V440 systems.
They will run if installed with specific Sol-8 releases (or newer).
I have no idea as to pricing on them but the first two are probably in your budget.
No current workstation models will run on Solaris 8.
Among discontinued models, the Sun Blade 1500 and Sun Blade 2500 systems
would seem to be good candidates for your needs.
Glance through the resource page for each at the Sun System Handbook,
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/
then contact your favorite Sun reseller.

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