On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 06:17 -0600, Kent West wrote: > Basajaun wrote: > [snip] > that addressed some of this. What I remember was basically that the > userland utilities were far better in Debian, but the kernel in Solaris > was more robust, at least when you get to "enterprise levels" (of > hardware, multiple processors, hotswapping hardware, etc).
Part of that "etc" is dual/redundant SCSI cards and storage controllers. Identical data is sent thru 2 SCSI cards, to two dual-ported storage controllers (which is what the [rack-mounted, of course] dual-ported SCSI disks are plugged into. > I've had a little experience with Solaris 10, and so far, I far prefer > Debian. But then I'm not using "enterprise level" hardware or have > "enterprise level" needs, which might make all the difference. Basically, "enterprise level" is: - bigness (lots of CPUs, lots of RAM, lots of SCSI, HBA, etc cards, tape drives, tape silos) - redundancy (hot-swapping, VAX-style clustering, Tandem-style duality) - Gold Support that means a CE shows up at your data center on Christmas morning to fix a bad CPU. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war." Henry Van Dyke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
