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Date:      Wed, 20 Dec 2000 08:33:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Oliver Blasnik <oliver.blasnik@nextra.de>
Cc:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>, sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Typhoon?  (was: newsgroup server recommendation)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10012200832150.13072-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <008e01c06a6d$8006e950$6560310a@intern.nextra.de>

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On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Oliver Blasnik wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> wrote:
> 
> >   Of course not!  Now that Solaris 8 is available for x86 for media costs
> > only (about $75), there really is no real reason to consider Linux for
> > running Typhoon.  Solaris has a much better thread implementation as well,
> > which should really benefit Typhoon.
> 
> Ok, now absolutely off-topic *eg*:
> 
> You're correct, the Media is about 75$. But you do only get the licence for
> private use - check that out. And Sol/x86 is really, really expensive, com-
> pared to Sol/Sparc (ok, _then_ it's the hardware...).
> Or have I missed something?

  You must.  I have a copy of the license, and it allows me to use Solaris
x86 for any purpose.  It is basically a site license for X machines in my
organization.

> Btw, we are also planning to use Typhoon on Solaris, but on Sparc
> Architecture. A nice Raid-Array (0+1) attached for Storage - and then using
> compression, it's cheaper. My Lab-Setup showed me about 30% compression
> all over a big8+binaries feed.
> 
> > Tom
> 
> Cu, Oliver
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Tom



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