[rescue] Sun Unobtainium memory tool
vance at neurotica.com
vance at neurotica.com
Tue Oct 21 11:46:10 CDT 2003
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >> I now have a pile of 1+s that make.. you guessed it.. a good
> >> footrest.
> >
> > It's fast enough to do some things still, right? Fast enough to be a
> > nameserver, for example?
>
> Sure. There may be better choices, but VERY few machines will be as
> reliable, as compact, or pull that little power. Sun4c-based boxes make
> excellent "utility" machines for these reasons.
My nameserver is an SS2/PowerUp. It's overpowered for the task, but it's
what I had lying around.
> That said, I don't have any in production anymore (and only one sun4m
> box left), but not because they're inadequate in any way.
Why is that, then? I'm just curious.
Peace... Sridhar
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