> Other than that, it's up to you to go read some books, howtos, or ask a
> linux kernel mailist list about your questions. Perhaps they already have
> a draft/template written up.
Well, thankfully I was asking for that kind of information. HOW-TOs,
articles, papers, etc. Benchmarks would be a
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Martin A. Marques wrote:
> Well, thankfully I was asking for that kind of information. HOW-TOs,
> articles, papers, etc. Benchmarks would be appreciated.
> Does somebody know where I can search the linux-kernel archives?
The Solaris user license specifically forbids publish
Hi Juha,
> Ooohh... I couldn't resist replying to this one. In my experience,
customers
> decisions are based on what the sales geek tells them. It's often not very
> related to the more important factors you mentioned above.
>
As for me, I don't know which is worse-- what our sales geek tells th
Hi Rick,
> Actually, Solaris was written for 32-bit SPARC chips then ported to 32-bit
> Intel and 64-bit SPARC. SunOS 5.x (the actual OS component of Solaris) is
> about 7-8 years old, the first 64-bit SPARC chips started shipping a bit
> over 4 years ago, and the first 64-bit SunOS (5.7) came o
> Well, thankfully I was asking for that kind of information. HOW-TOs,
> articles, papers, etc. Benchmarks would be appreciated.
> Does somebody know where I can search the linux-kernel archives?
A search for 'linux-kernel mailist list' produced:
http://www.tux.org/hypermail/
Marco
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On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> > > I'm not sure what the intent of your questions is
> >
> > Linux would be a better shot then Solaris. I would like to know how each
> > kernel works. How do the allocate memory, etc.
>
> Now, I'll still indicate that your question is a little too generic fo
hard-to
solve problems then ask in the lists.
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> > I'm not sure what th
then that Chase would be pre7.2
Bill Ward
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I've ask this in the FORD list, but as the discussion could
have taken place
here
%-> Customers (and bosses) seldom make decisions based solely on
%-> the technical
%-> merits of a system. They often include training curves, cost, support,
%-> personal preferences and other factors into the mix.
Ooohh... I couldn't resist replying to this one. In my experience, customers
dec
> Well, I'm very confused. I have heard lots of people talk about the poor
> performance that Solaris has, and I have to admit that I am suffering the low
> performance, even on ULTRA-SPARC. What I want is technical reasons of why
> Linux would be a better shot then Solaris. I would like to kno
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Kevin Holmquist wrote:
> Remember the background, though:
> Solaris is written for 64-bit Sparc chips and ported to 32-bit Intel,
> whereas Linux was written for 32-bit Intel chips and ported to 64-bit Sparc.
> I only mention this because when you start mixing 32 and 64 bit
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> Well, I'm very confused. I have heard lots of people talk about the poor
> performance that
> > I'm not sure what the intent of your questions is
> Linux would be a better shot then Solaris. I would like to know how each
> kernel works. How do the allocate memory, etc.
Now, I'll still indicate that your question is a little too generic for an
answer. You're asking people who dedic
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> I'm not sure what the intent of your questions is
Well, I'm very confused. I have heard lots of people talk about the poor
performance that Solaris has, and I have to admit that I am suffering the low
performance, even on ULTRA-SPARC. What I
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> I've ask this in the FORD list, but as the discussion could
> have taken place
> here, I'll ask:
Don't know, I like Renault.
Any way, this is not a car list, but a linux list, so your comment is totally
Off-Topic, wheras mine is not.
Saludos...:-)
--
"And I'
I've ask this in the FORD list, but as the discussion could
have taken place
here, I'll ask:
How does a Ford work internally, and why should I think that Chevy is better
(on ASPHALT or DIRT).
Thanks
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> At 05:10 PM 10/13/00 -0300, Martin A. Marques wrote:
> >The PC will be working with an Informix (or maybe another) database
> > server. It will have an apache, with PHP. Those would be the most
> > important things this machine would do.
> >The PC will have SCSI d
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 05:57:58PM -0300, Chris Watt wrote:
> AFAIK there is no software-only RAID
> support in any version of SunOS.
FWIW, in the Sun world these are available as add-on services. Sun resells
two products that I know of, "Solstice DiskSuite" and "Veritas Volume Manager",
the la
At 05:10 PM 10/13/00 -0300, Martin A. Marques wrote:
>The PC will be working with an Informix (or maybe another) database server.
>It will have an apache, with PHP. Those would be the most important things
>this machine would do.
>The PC will have SCSI disks and a SCSI tape for backups.
Config
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> How do you define better?
Instalation is easier, has better performance, easier to manage and
administer, etc
--
"And I'm happy, because you make me feel good, about me." - Melvin Udall
-
Mart
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> I think your question is a little to generic, and you should be asking a
> Solaris mailing list on how Solaris works.
>
> Myself, refuse to get into these "which is better arguments" without you
> telling me your requirements. In my opinion, there is not "one OS
I think the question needs to focus on what your needs are -- there's
no "one size fits all" answer. Both Solaris and Linux have their
areas of strength, and if you extend them beyond those areas, you
may wish you had another OS running. Likewise, they both have
areas of weakness.
If the objec
Hi Martin,
I'm not sure what the intent of your questions is
Which is 'better' depends on what conditions exist. Do you need lots of
support? Intel is probably better. Do you a huge enterprise level box to
serve a database to thousands of users? Sparc is probably better.
Remember, these
I guess you are trying to start a flame war :)
I can't really speak to the internals, but I can speak to the "why".
Most people that I know that run Solaris/Intel do so because they work on
Solaris/Sparc at work and want the same development environment. It does
have a few nice features. It te
How do you define better?
"Martin A. Marques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@redhat.com on 10/13/2000
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I've ask this in the SPARC list, but as the discussion could h
I think your question is a little to generic, and you should be asking a
Solaris mailing list on how Solaris works.
Myself, refuse to get into these "which is better arguments" without you
telling me your requirements. In my opinion, there is not "one OS that's
better than another", but "one OS
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