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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
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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