Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> > occasionally had a 'application not responding' on it, but that's it.
>
> Doesn't this strike you as odd?
Yes and no.. it really depends on what you are running, now doesn't it. The
next version of the program is supposed to handle memory better. I get the
same thing with Word, but not if I bring the same large file into htmlpro.
It's not always the operating system, but the programs that run on it.
> I'm writing this on a machine that's 8 years old -- which is several
> generations back. Yet, this aging Sparc 2 workstation is
>
<snip>
> And it's doing so with pretty zippy interactive response, primarily
> because it's running an operating system designed to be inherently
> multi-user and multi-tasking, and equipped with a finely-tuned
> virtual memory subsystem. To me, this is "normal" behavior.
I'm sure it is.. I've got an ultra SPARC on its knees right now as I load
another 50,000 records into its database (Cuadra STAR). On the other hand,
I'm not sure I'd try to run this application on an NT box (though they've
just ported it to NT). I might on the other hand run a copy of it on NT for
web access at some point.
I'm not arguing that unix handles resources better than NT does. NT is a
pig on resources and I'd be the first one to admit it. It's just an easier
box to maintain for non-techies and with the price of hardware being what it
is, it's cheaper to throw memory at it than to teach someone how to install
and run Solaris.
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