On 2/17/06, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a dual processor SPARCserver 1000 laying > > arround that I was thinking of using as a mail and > > XMPP server for my house. I was originally just > > going to run Linux as I'm more familar with it but as > > the sun4m arch is rather strange Linux doesn't > > support it in multiprocessor mode. Does OpenSolaris > > include support for it or am I going to have to run > > an older version of Solaris? > > Solaris 9 ought to work, if it doesn't try 8. 7 will work for sure, and you > will get some nice perf out of that machine too, although it's obsolete HW! > > a 2-4 CPU SPARCServer 1000 would make an excellent mailhub server, provided > you can afford the electricity bill. > This message posted from opensolaris.org
I have a quad CPU SparcStation 20 here that refuses to die. It runs Solaris 8 ( s28s_hw4wos_05a ) and it keeps my toes warm. It also provides testing services to the Blastwave software set. You would be surprised to see how many downloads there are from Solaris 8 Sparc hardware. I wish I could track the sun4m versus sun4u stats because I suspect there are more than a few of these out there. However, that being said, I recently ( yesterday ) helped a telco install a few nodes of nice shiney new Sun4u UltraSparc III gear ( V480 ) and even though the grey haired guys in the IT Directors chair wanted Solaris 8 I pushed them real hard to run Solaris 10 Update 1. These things just rock with Solaris 10 .. well .. welcome to the future. Dennis
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