Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:27:15 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> Cc: Toby Swanson N-1417 <tjswanso@gie.noh.tva.gov>, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD server success stories Message-ID: <37129D72.A175D4DC@confusion.net> References: <199904121546.LAA26474@gie.noh.tva.gov> <371299A4.5D7F92E7@uswest.net>
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Why not choose an alpha running FreeBSD ? :)
Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> Toby Swanson N-1417 wrote:
> > I have the opportunity to recommend replacing a Sun SPARCserver-1000
> > with an Intel based FreeBSD machine. It will be a general file and
> > print server for about 200-250 users/hosts. Most client machines will
> > be Windows 95 and NT Workstations, with a few Sun Sparcs. The server
> > will have to provide NIS and DNS in addition to hosting 25 to 35 netwk
> > printers. It must also handle 4 SCSI controllers; 1 plain SCSI 2,
> > 1 SCSI 2 that will handle 4 to 6 LUNs on each of 7 targets (irqs).
> > The last 2 controllers must handle 10 to 14 4.2 Gb disks each. We use
> > Samba to share file systems with PCs.
>
> Given these requirements, why did you choose an Intel platform? I
> would have chosen an Alpha running Net or OpenBSD.
>
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Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate
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Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
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