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Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.sys5.misc,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.unixware.misc,comp.unix.xenix.misc 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!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!phzzzt!bogart!irscscm!nearside!rshwake From: rshwake@in.irs.gov (Raymond Shwake) Subject: Re: Trying to research UNIX OS Message-ID: <DpDGwG.J9J@in.irs.gov> Organization: IRS - A/C (International) References: <Dp1KLC.398@nvc.cc.ca.us> <4ji8pb$klg@intelsat2.intelsat.int> <4jop28$bmp@badger.wmin.ac.uk> Distribution: inet Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 04:38:40 GMT Lines: 14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:40195 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:445 comp.unix.bsd.misc:610 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2748 comp.unix.misc:21757 comp.unix.osf.misc:2987 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9099 comp.unix.sco.misc:15750 comp.unix.solaris:64965 comp.unix.sys5.misc:964 comp.unix.ultrix:27189 comp.unix.unixware.misc:11883 comp.unix.xenix.misc:1082 ncfee@westminster.ac.uk (Chris Ebenezer) writes: >I don't think that Solaris is would work very happily under load, with only >16 Meg of RAM. AFAIK. Has anyone out there tried it with this sort of config ? I'm running Solaris X86 2.5 Desktop on a DX2/66 w/ 16 MB RAM, 256 k L2, Adaptec 2842VL and Diamond Viper. Yes, it does work, even with CDE, but it's not particularly fast. I'd hate to think how it would work under load. UnixWare 2.01 on the same platform is notably more responsive, and it's got a wealth of admin tools absent in Solaris Desktop. There is, however, a *non*-graphic version of Solaris that should have no problem running a reasonable load with just 16 MB.