[geeks] OS for an Ultra 2

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 @ 15:10 -0700, Mike Murphy said:

> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> 
> 
> >That leaves Solaris and Linux.  Linux SMP on x86 is excellent, not sure
> >about SPARC.  I hated Linux on SPARC years ago, but I've been told it is
> >OK now.
> 
> I'm happily running FreeBSD 6.1 SMP on a 4 CPU Netra 1405. It was 2
> CPU, but the extra 2 CPU's were really cheap on eBay and the plugged
> right in both hardware and software.

I downloaded FreeBSD 6.1 and will try it out.

I ordered a new Fujitsu 36GB drive for the U2.  Hated to spend that
much, but then... these are really nice drives.  

I wish I had the hardware to give Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD a real
solid comparison.  It would be useful to have something like that for a
pragmatic everyday workload, rather than the fluff pieces you get in
most trade rags.


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