[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If you really want to have the best of both worlds, you could get
> a SUN Server hardware, partition the hard disk and install Solaris
> (get version 8) and Linux Mandrake 7 for SPARC (ISO is available for
> download at ftp.linux.tucows.com). Why don't you try it out...
>
> I would have to say that the SUN hardware is very reliable, we have a
> first generation SUN SparcStation 2 still running (bought 1992); but
> its performance is just like a 486DX2-66. We use it as an NFS server.
> The only problem we had was that PSPI (now SUN Philippines) really charged
> bloated prices for the memory and hard disk upgrades.
>
> Ambo
>
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Orlando Andico wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> > ..
> > > We are considering a Sun server for use as a webserver (with database backend
> > > support for an e-commerce site) + FTP + e-mail + DNS. For these purposes, is
> > > Linux+Sun a recommendable solution? Are there differences in the binaries to be
> > ..
> >
> > No it's not, unless you're using a really old Sun (SS5 or similar
> > level). Sorry to burst your bubble, but Solaris is a superior, more
> > feature-rich, stable OS than Linux. It may be bigger and slower, but the
> > main reason for buying a Sun is not speed -- x86 is definitely faster --
> > but reliability.
if you have the money to invest on it, for highly availability (99.9999 % uptime),
reliability and scalability for your e-business, try to evaluate Compaq's Tru64 Unix on
Alpha servers. aside from its rich features, linux apps can be run also in tru64 unix.
for more info go to http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/
main advantage of sun or alpha servers over x86 is the 64 bit architecture, which mean
you have a higher capacity (hardware side like bus bandwidth, ram, etc ) and maximum
threshold (software side like maximum filesize and others) compare to a 32 bit
architecture given the same processor speed. for example, you have a database server
running linux, on a 32bit architecture like x86, your maximum database file size or a
certain file is limited only to 4GB (2^32) compare to 64 bit 2^64 filesize on alpha
servers. i believe orly can explain further regarding to 64 bit and 32 bit
architectures.
but dont worry, intel merced or IA64 is ready to out in the market that will rock over
sun and alpha servers 64 bit architecture :->.
but if you have a 32bit x86 hardware and you want to exceed the 4GB filesize limit for
your database server, you can use netbsd ( http://www.netbsd.org ) operating system and
use its 64bit berkeley fast filesystem that will give you a terabyte filesize.
federico, my only advise before making a decision is price over performance and if it
is cost effective?
fooler.
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