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From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison)
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Date: 28 Jan 1996 23:48:19 GMT
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Jason R Thorpe (thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) wrote:
: 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 :-)

I had the use of an UltraSPARC for a week.  Seems very fast.  However,
I found Solaris 2.5 to be a little buggy.  Sometimes it would hang on
simple commands like 'ls'.  It logged me out unexpectedly a few times.

Reminded me of using Solaris 2.3 without the mandatory patches.
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Rick Kelly  rmk@tencats.rmkhome.com  rmk@rmkhome.com 
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