From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Aug 20 10:46:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA20614 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:46:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from redwood.etool.com (redwood.etool.com [204.27.77.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA20585 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:46:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drew@mail.etool.com) Received: from [204.27.77.30] (unverified [204.27.77.30]) by redwood.etool.com (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:51:16 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Linux vs. Solaris vs. FreeBSD? I could use some help - wanna comment? Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:48:39 -0600 x-sender: drew@mail.etool.com x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: Drew Mouton To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hey all, I could use some opinions. I've got a mixed bag of services running RHLinux for intel and alpha (two old boxes), and recently signed a couple bigish projects that are making me take my network more seriously. Part of this deal is we rec'd a pair of multi-proc PPro boxes. Most of the stuff I run is standard internet stuff, plus a bunch of perl and some mSQL. It was only sort of by accident we became a small "ISP," but we are now, so I've got to plan for it. Except for some wacky eth probs, these Linux boxes have been pretty stable for a couple years. Anyway, now I've got to swap in these quad-proc PPros (redundant power, hotswap disks, yippee!). I've got one guy telling me to go Solaris, because it fully supports SMP, and Sun claims their Webserver is fastest on the planet. But I've never admin'd a Solaris box (although we recently added a couple older Sparcs to the office). My understanding is that SMP under the Lin 2.0x kernel is still experimental; also, I feel like I only have mediocre UN*x admin skills - that's not my main bag - but what exp I have IS with Linux. Meanwhile, I'm hearing that FreeBSD has been really tweaked as a web-server (and that Yahoo is running FreeBSD - is this true?). Ultimately, I'm aiming for the capabilities - and most importantly the _scalability_ of a bigass ISP (even though we don't do mass-market stuff), but next-to-nil admin time. So...someone be willing to share some thoughts? Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message