From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 16 07:00:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA14045 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 07:00:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA14038 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 07:00:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt3-209.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.209]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id JAA23974 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 09:00:21 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA25064 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 08:56:36 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199802161456.IAA25064@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux In-reply-to: Message from "Jim C. Joseph" of "Sun, 15 Feb 1998 21:55:59 GMT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 08:56:36 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim C. Joseph writes: > > I would agree with some points. FreeBSD is a real server OS. I have mine > running NFS, NIS, SMBD, and as an internet router. It handles pretty well. > That is why my Sparc is there for only photoshop. But to be fair, Solaris > on an Ultra could put both of these in the trash(That is assuming you have > $15000 lying around ;). Has anyone seen the $3k Sun Ultra 5 currently being advertised? We have a number of Ultra-1's at work, and one dual CPU Ultra something. Haven't felt the need to benchmark 'em against my FreeBSD P-133 other than observing that I'm happy to keep a task on the P-133 as long as I can before it has to be moved to its final resting place on the Sparc. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message