[SunRescue] How FAST is a SUN IPC

[Paul Theodoropoulos]

I probably should have qualified what i wrote -- i build and run 
servers, not workstations. So I agree, running anything beyond 
2.5.1 on sun4c hardware is an exercise in patience. My first sparc 
- a sparc 1 that i bought in 1995 - did real well as a workstation 
with OpenWindows, 64megs, and sol 2.5.1. But for a graphical user 
interface, i stick with the dreaded windows on a pc. yes, that's an 
exercise in patience (and frustration!) too, but i can't play 
Half-Life on a sparc...

(besides, i've yet to come across a better term emulator for any 
platform than SecureCRT, which has the fastest emulation engine of 
anything on the planet, and is only available for windows...)



>Yeah, the later releases of Solaris run *great* on newer Ultra
>hardware (I've got an U10/300 with 384mb RAM, Creator2D, and
>Sol8+MU1 here), but on older stuff like the 1, 1+, 2, IPC,
>etc, newer Solaris releases are slow (sol7 was the last to
>support sun4c) or wont run at all.  I'd consider 2.5.1 or 2.6
>the absolute most I'd run on a sun4c, and then only with 64mb
>RAM.
>
>NetBSD on Sun4c, literally, whips solaris' ass in terms of
>performance (I've seen what Dave McGuire can squeeze out
>of a a SS5/85 with NetBSD and 32 meg RAM...)
>
>As for sparc/linux.. well.. it exists.. but I wont run it.
>
>Bill
>
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Paul Theodoropoulos   paul at atgi.net
Senior Unix Systems Administrator
Advanced Telcom Group, Inc.
Santa Rosa, California
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