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List:       freebsd-smp
Subject:    Re: HP LH 6000
From:       Vincent Janelle <random () carnagecopia ! com>
Date:       2002-02-07 22:44:35
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They said they were not going to produce a version of solaris 9 for x86.  That
doesn't mean they discontinued support for 7 and 8.

The other options for a box that big are UnixWare and (ugh) Win2k Advanced
Server.  

On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 02:31:21 -0800
Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Vallo Kallaste wrote:
> > FreeBSD SMP support is plain-and-simply poor for such configuration.
> > Althought x86 Solaris itself is good for this purpose, you'll
> > certainly need to check that hardware is certified and Solaris will
> > make use of all goodies (RAID controller, etc.).
> > There is no room for games if goes to stable SQL server running on
> > SMP platform.
> 
> I thought x86 Solaris was discontinued recently.
> 
> FreeBSD is pretty much the only game in town that is at
> or near that level.
> 
> -- Terry

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