Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:10:37 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD-Sparc (was: FreeBSD vs Linux) Message-ID: <19980217141037.00028@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199802161456.IAA25064@nospam.hiwaay.net>; from David Kelly on Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 08:56:36AM -0600 References: <jcjoseph@wt.net> <199802161456.IAA25064@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On Mon, 16 February 1998 at 8:56:36 -0600, David Kelly wrote: > Jim C. Joseph writes: >> >> I would agree with some points. FreeBSD is a real server OS. I have mine >> running NFS, NIS, SMBD, and as an internet router. It handles pretty well. >> That is why my Sparc is there for only photoshop. But to be fair, Solaris >> on an Ultra could put both of these in the trash(That is assuming you have >> $15000 lying around ;). > > Has anyone seen the $3k Sun Ultra 5 currently being advertised? > We have a number of Ultra-1's at work, and one dual CPU Ultra something. > Haven't felt the need to benchmark 'em against my FreeBSD P-133 other > than observing that I'm happy to keep a task on the P-133 as long as I > can before it has to be moved to its final resting place on the Sparc. For those of you who don't know, there's currently a project (sponsored by Sun) to port FreeBSD to these boxes. There's a mailing list as well (FreeBSD-sparc@FreeBSD.org), but it's not very active right now. Expect to see more activity in a few month's time, when the primary porter has something to show for his efforts. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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