It is the other way around (unless the fans are software
controlled). :-)
On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 23:57 -0500, Steven S. Critchfield wrote:
Umm, how does software cause your fans to lock up?!?!?!???
Your fans are probably just lower grade, or even possibly not living
in the same quality of
OpenSolaris IS based on Linux nowIf you have an old copy of Solaris
and perhaps some old Sun hardware, you might give it a try. But for most
'modern' servers, Linux is a better choice going forward, since Sun
could become part of IBM. If that happens, where will the development
and support of
Well the way I see it
Both are the same ;) But where are you going to find Solaris admin's if you
had to replace someone? Linux admins are already hard enough to find. Its
like my boss loves HP-UX, but if you had to hire someone, could you name
more than 2 people that aren't already
I have to agree with Kevin, whole-heartedly. I've seen this situation play
out over and over, specifically with trying to get someone with (applicable)
Linux experience. Solaris experience is even more rare.
One thing that I do lover about Solaris, however, is the ZFS filesystem.
That rocks,
Any chance you have taken a look at some statistics on Netcraft?
I have run an old version of Solaris before, it was rock stable. In
years of running it I didn't see but one problem that I can recall.
I can't quite say the same for Linux. I keep having to replace fans
when it locks up.
Dave
Umm, how does software cause your fans to lock up?!?!?!???
Your fans are probably just lower grade, or even possibly not living
in the same quality of hosting. Our colo space has filtered air, and
good air flow. Fans last a long time in those environments.
Good hardware treated well is unlikely
