Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:32:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: Drew Mouton <drew@etool.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. Solaris vs. FreeBSD? I could use some help - wanna comment? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808201223200.12451-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <B0000170313@redwood.etool.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Sun does have a good SMP support but on their native sparc
platform, not x86. I don't know how well they support SMP under x86.
Also, you are correct: Yahoo! is running FreeBSD. So does
Hotmail. We have our SMP work done and 3.0 (which supports SMP) will be
released in a couple of month. You still can install 3.0 though, it is
just not released yet. You should have NO problem what-so-ever running SMP
under FreeBSD at this point:
FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #2: Sat Aug 15 02:26:08 GMT 1998
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard
cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfec08000
cpu1 (AP): apic id: 12, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfec08000
io0 (APIC): apic id: 13, version: 0x00170011, at 0xfec00000
If you can admin Linux, you should be OK admining FreeBSD. You
might see some changes, but that is why there is a LOT of docs on
www.freebsd.org and you can always ask on questions@freebsd.org mailing
list for help.
There is not better x86 OS right now to run web server then
FreeBSD and folks at www.yahoo.com, www.hotmail.com, www.best.com,
www.linkexchange.com, www.this.list.can.go.on.forever.com will tell you
so.
-- Yan
www.best.com/~jkb/ Unix users of the world unite:
www.{free,open,net}bsd.org | www.linux.org | www.apache.org | www.perl.com
"Turn up the lights, I don't want to go home in the dark."
On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Drew Mouton wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>I could use some opinions.
>
>I've got a mixed bag of services running RHLinux for intel and alpha (two
>old boxes), and recently signed a couple bigish projects that are making
>me take my network more seriously. Part of this deal is we rec'd a pair
>of multi-proc PPro boxes.
>
>Most of the stuff I run is standard internet stuff, plus a bunch of perl
>and some mSQL. It was only sort of by accident we became a small "ISP,"
>but we are now, so I've got to plan for it. Except for some wacky eth
>probs, these Linux boxes have been pretty stable for a couple years.
>
>Anyway, now I've got to swap in these quad-proc PPros (redundant power,
>hotswap disks, yippee!). I've got one guy telling me to go Solaris,
>because it fully supports SMP, and Sun claims their Webserver is fastest
>on the planet. But I've never admin'd a Solaris box (although we recently
>added a couple older Sparcs to the office).
>
>My understanding is that SMP under the Lin 2.0x kernel is still
>experimental; also, I feel like I only have mediocre UN*x admin skills -
>that's not my main bag - but what exp I have IS with Linux. Meanwhile,
>I'm hearing that FreeBSD has been really tweaked as a web-server (and
>that Yahoo is running FreeBSD - is this true?).
>
>Ultimately, I'm aiming for the capabilities - and most importantly the
>_scalability_ of a bigass ISP (even though we don't do mass-market
>stuff), but next-to-nil admin time.
>
>So...someone be willing to share some thoughts?
>
>Drew
>
>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
>with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
>
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.02.9808201223200.12451-100000>