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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!zippy.cais.net!news.vni.net!cnordin From: cnordin@hq.vni.net (Craig Nordin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: 21 Jan 1996 04:00:39 -0500 Organization: Virtual Networks Lines: 31 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <cnordin.822214442@news.vni.net> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <bryDL7E84.LG3@netcom.com> <4dgjg8$78i@nntpb.cb.att.com> <4dqsr1$351@diablo.cet.co.jp> <4dr5rc$473@dyson.iquest.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: hq.vni.net X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2081 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2238 comp.unix.solaris:58026 comp.unix.aix:69337 I understand that the Triton is *not* good for servers you want to stay up, if only because the Triton doesn't make good use of parity memory. That means that there are no memory checks, even on single-bit errors in memory. The Triton is said to only cache the first 64 Megs of memory, which seems like a looser setup to me as well. I hope to jump right past the Triton to the P6 -- IF it ever settles down on a nice hearty motherboard. I'd rather have the ECC memory that the P6 is supposed to work with, but I'll take Parity over NO-Parity! I understand it is best for BSDI systems to get the Neptune-II chipset boards as there were some flaws in the Neptune-I boards. Mostly, I recommend going with something that has already proven to work with someone else if you value your time. There is nothing worse than an unexpected configuration problem or random crashes. I would want to say that I'm very happy with billy@asacomputers.com mentioned by Paul Vixie. I have some very nice slide-in-out rackmount Neptune-II systems that really rock and have *never* crashed. Cheers!