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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.gmi.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.reference.com!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!not-for-mail From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: 27 Jan 1996 18:45:05 -0800 Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames Lines: 22 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4eenvh$kad@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4cvjpk$rpf@durban.vector.co.za> <4dcruo$5eq@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> <4deb4a$41o@durban.vector.co.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: lestat.nas.nasa.gov Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2090 comp.unix.solaris:58069 In article <4deb4a$41o@durban.vector.co.za>, Gavin Maltby <gavin@durban.vector.co.za> wrote: >Don't ask the SPARC 2 to get too busy---it has a really broken MMU. Not really broken, just "different". (Ok, _really_ different.) I will agree that the SRMMU's m68k-ish feel is a lot nicer than the sun4/sun4c PMEG gunk. >Ultra machines are really hot (OK my opinion). The upcoming Ultra based >servers are extremely promising and innovative. I just got back from USENIX, where Larry McVoy talked about his lmbench results on several platforms, including the UltraSPARC. The numbers looked "ok", but not really all that dashing. I'll have to use the sun4u a bit more before I can really make a judgement, though :-) -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939