Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:44:35 -0800 From: Vincent Janelle <random@carnagecopia.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP LH 6000 Message-ID: <20020207144435.7786f3e9.random@carnagecopia.com> In-Reply-To: <3C625779.52282999@mindspring.com> References: <002501c1af02$c54e4140$09c442c3@transport.com.ua> <20020207091417.GA40645@myhakas.estpak.ee> <3C625779.52282999@mindspring.com>
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They said they were not going to produce a version of solaris 9 for x86. That doesn't mean they discontinued support for 7 and 8. The other options for a box that big are UnixWare and (ugh) Win2k Advanced Server. On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 02:31:21 -0800 Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote: > Vallo Kallaste wrote: > > FreeBSD SMP support is plain-and-simply poor for such configuration. > > Althought x86 Solaris itself is good for this purpose, you'll > > certainly need to check that hardware is certified and Solaris will > > make use of all goodies (RAID controller, etc.). > > There is no room for games if goes to stable SQL server running on > > SMP platform. > > I thought x86 Solaris was discontinued recently. > > FreeBSD is pretty much the only game in town that is at > or near that level. > > -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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