From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 00:34:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F22B01065672 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:34:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from samankaya@netscape.net) Received: from imr-da05.mx.aol.com (imr-da05.mx.aol.com [205.188.105.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4AF08FC1B for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:34:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imo-ma01.mx.aol.com (imo-ma01.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.136]) by imr-da05.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o0B0OAoO013204 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:24:10 -0500 Received: from samankaya@netscape.net by imo-ma01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.5.) id n.c5b.5f11426a (37107) for ; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:24:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from [172.16.1.52] (mail.reformkurumsal.com [212.156.209.87]) by cia-db08.mx.aol.com (v127.7) with ESMTP id MAILCIADB085-90f34b4a6fa5d7; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:24:08 -0500 Message-ID: <4B4A6FA5.1010002@netscape.net> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:24:05 +0200 From: Kaya Saman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090323) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AOL-IP: 212.156.209.87 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) X-Spam-Flag: NO X-AOL-SENDER: samankaya@netscape.net Subject: Newbie to FreeBSD on SPARC - questions about Sun hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:34:35 -0000 Hi, I'm quite new to FreeBSD as the only things that I've done are a lot of research and created a radio from it on an x86 box! I run a few SPARC based systems currently which run a combination of OpenSolaris, SXCE, Solaris9 and 10 and am planning to upgrade to more Sun hardware pretty soon within the next few weeks. I plan to grab a Fire V480 and use it as a mainframe server so I have to ask about the compatibility of Sun hardware and FreeBSD SPARC port?? The reason why I need to know is that I had Sun Raid Manager 6.22.1 installed on Solaris 10 then upgraded to SXCE on a Sun Enterprise 420r server which was hooked up to an A1000 and D1000 disk boxes. Subsequently RM6 didn't work anymore when installed on SXCE as was EOL so I have a concern that if I get the V480 and hook something like a Sun S1 or the A/D1000's up to it will the OS detect the hardware and enable me to create LUN's or at least format and partition the drives? Also, since I currently run Linux on many of my platforms I am wondering how the SPARC port differs if at all from the x86 software wise? With Linux for example if one installs say the Fedora or Debian distro on any non-x86 hardware things are removed; my main needs are to run Cacti, Munin, and perhaps even Icecast2, Darkice, Xmms2 and Dupal5.... ok Dupal is a php app so should work but the rest of course are of concern! Just quickly to finalize my questions: how does the performance of FreeBSD on SPARC compare with running Solaris on the same platform/architecture?? Basically apart from applications residing in the ports collection what other benefits will I get? Like Solaris has Zones while BSD has Jails - that kind of thing I'm after..... Many thanks, Kaya