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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.intellinet.com!katbert.ipa.net!keyhole.west.spy.net!bleu.west.spy.net!dustin From: dustin@bleu.west.spy.net. (Dustin Sallings) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.misc Subject: Re: Sparc vs. x86 speed (was Re: Linux vs BSD) Date: 29 Jan 1997 14:00:48 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5cnl6g$jh9$3@keyhole.west.spy.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net> <32EC639F.3D354CF3@samart.co.th> NNTP-Posting-Host: bleu.west.spy.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:66795 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5814 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2167 comp.sys.sun.misc:28153 > I don't know if solaris is stable when running Oracle, but I do know > that it is not as a mailserver with more than 1000 mails per hour. I've > heard of poeple having trouble with 2000 mails per hour on an enterprise > 6000. I get around 2000 an hour on an old Pentium 60 running Solaris on a machine with about 4100 shell accounts, pop mail, etc... While Solaris isn't my favorite OS, it doesn't do a bad job. -- IPA.net Sysadmin My girlfriend asked me which one I like better. pub 1024/3CAE01D5 1994/11/03 Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net> | Key fingerprint = 87 02 57 08 02 D0 DA D6 C8 0F 3E 65 51 98 D8 BE L_______________________ I hope the answer won't upset her. ____________