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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.duq.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!sumner+ From: G Sumner Hayes <sumner+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: Benchmarking different Unix Operating Systems Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 21:06:47 -0400 Organization: Sophomore, Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 45 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <0mE9mb200YUe0Su0g0@andrew.cmu.edu> References: <aak2.842008017@Isis.MsState.Edu> <50p41e$1ie@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <32305b37.590852758@news.intellistar.net> <0mBksJ200YUg0AqQY0@andrew.cmu.edu> <32404F7A.36BA@acprog.ifas.ufl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po2.andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <32404F7A.36BA@acprog.ifas.ufl.edu> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27526 comp.os.linux.misc:130059 comp.unix.solaris:83008 Gerir Lopez-Fernandez <gerir@acprog.ifas.ufl.edu> writes: > G Sumner Hayes wrote: > > > > Well, I'd have to say that in any case you absolutely, positively _do_ > > _not_ want to go with Solaris. It is _much_ less stable than HPUX, > > SunOS, Ultrix, NetBSD, and Linux. > > > > We seem to forget sometimes that the reliability of any box depends > on both the stability of the software itself and the administrators > that run them. In our case, we support a campus-wide network of Suns > running Solaris 2.x (5 for the most part), and since we installed it > last May, I'm yet to see any of our servers or workstations even > mutter a complain not related to external events (such as a router > going down and the like). They have proven very stable, with the > servers running 24/7 and the workstations getting a fair percentage > of usage most of the 24 hour period in a day. > > While I do not doubt the strenth of other OSs (I have also had the > opportunity to BSDI 2.1 and Linux with favorable results), I do have > a hard time doubting Solaris' reliability based on our experience. > Yes. It appears the most likely culprit here is the AFS support module. I apologize for any undue alarm I caused. TTFN, Sumner sumner@cmu.edu The above opinions are mine and are not necessarily shared by Carnegie Mellon or my employer