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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.fido.net!news.roundabout.org!news.demon.co.uk!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!peer-news.britain.eu.net!uknet!ftel.co.uk!I.G.Batten From: I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk (Ian G Batten) Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: doctor-seuss.ftel.co.uk Message-ID: <DLBIAq.GME@ftel.co.uk> Sender: igb@doctor-seuss.ftel.co.uk (RFC931) Organization: Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4d43bt$es8@park.uvsc.edu> <4d5vhg$38p@mail.fwi.uva.nl> <4dbun0$j2f@park.uvsc.edu> Distribution: inet Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 08:59:13 GMT Lines: 27 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2005 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2158 comp.unix.solaris:57473 comp.unix.aix:68890 In article <4dbun0$j2f@park.uvsc.edu>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote: > 2) More robust. Uptimes in months or years. We see that with 2.4. 2.5 seems just as solid. > 4) Available for Motorolla based hadware so a heterogeneous > environment can provide the user with a near-identical How many serious sites still use Motorola suns as anything more than X terminals? Why would they do such a thing? The last release for Motorola was 4.1.1 (4.1.1_U1, perhaps?) so they had been cut loose even before SunOS 5 hit the streets (a friend of mine saw a very early SVR4 from Sun on a 3/80, so the whole thing's marketing-led anyway). Sun 2s were dropped in 4.0.3. > 5) Compiles most net sources "out of the box" without > modification or use of a compatability environment. I'm thinking of all the trouble we've had with 2.4...er, that'll be ``minimal''. No more than during 3.X->4.X. > 8) NFS is reliable, does not violate protocol specification. Sun deny this. I don't know, as my NFS load is carried on an Auspex. ian