Fail over capability is the area Linux is particularly weak for mid-range.
Some projects are afoot to change this. I once again recommend the essay by
Jon maddog Hall at http://performancecomputing.com/Linux-IT/penguin/9908.shtml.
If your boss has read what D. H. Brown said about Win NT and
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Duncan Hall wrote:
Hi all,
My boss wants to move our largest servers over to Sun Solaris on the
Sparc. I'm not to keen on this as Linux has been so very good to us for
three years now.
Is there a distrobution that will run linux on the Sparc environment? If
so how
Hi all,
My boss wants to move our largest servers over to Sun Solaris on the
Sparc. I'm not to keen on this as Linux has been so very good to
us for three years now.
Is there a distrobution that will run linux on the Sparc environment?
If so how does it compare to solaris?
Thanks
Dunc
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Ummm, RedHat?
There is a substantial difference. See the essay by Maddog.
A link is available at www.linuxmall.com on their news ticker. Basically,
Linux has never been prepared for the mid-range server market and is not
really a 24/7 system ...Yet. It doesn't have the facilities needed
to
Any reason why your boss wants to move to
Solaris ? Our company is planning to start offering
mid range servers next month running
Linux. Sorry but, I do not agree that Linux is not ready.
If you go with Sun there are those pesky
license fees. They get you now or they get you
later.
