From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Apr 12 18:29:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from sawasdee.cc.columbia.edu (sawasdee.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.59.136]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8677815378 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:29:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stuyman@confusion.net) Received: from confusion.net (dialup-cc1-78.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.58.87]) by sawasdee.cc.columbia.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA23949; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:27:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <37129D72.A175D4DC@confusion.net> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:27:15 -0400 From: Laurence Berland Organization: B.R.A.T.T. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Darren Pilgrim Cc: Toby Swanson N-1417 , newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD server success stories References: <199904121546.LAA26474@gie.noh.tva.gov> <371299A4.5D7F92E7@uswest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. > > -- > dpilgrim@uswest.net /\ / __ Our lies are merely the > gryph@mindless.com / \/OC/URNE truth of another world > ICQ: 29880099 Death is not a kill -9, just a > DALnet: anim0s make world and shutdown -r now PGPKey available > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 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. http://stuy.debate.net icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message