31 May
2000
31 May
'00
11:31 a.m.
Bill Pechter wrote:
Well, the x86 Solaris doesn't seem as solid as the
Sparc version...
(at least at v7... I haven't run v8 yet at home).
Eh? I run 2.7 on both Sparc and x86 machines, and both are absolutly
reliable. I have a bunch of customers where Solaris X86 machines are
used in mission critical settings precisely because they're demonstrably
as reliable as Sparc hardware and win hands-down from a price-performance
standpoint. Despite the fact that I'm typing this on my dual hypersparc
running 2.8, the only reason we deploy Sparcs these days is when we're
using third-party code that's only available on the Sparc.
And if you support Solaris Sparc at work a home system
for a testbed
is a good thing.
Yep; that's why I have some of each -- although the number of things that
we work with which are only available for Sparc Solaris are dwindling.
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Chris Kennedy
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