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Which OS is better for Hobbit server ?

list Stephane Caminade
Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:46:59 +0200
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Hi,

Frankly I d compare that kind of question with "what is better, plasma or lcd ?".

It all depends of what you are running on your server, the number of hosts you have to check/gather reports from, how well it will integrate with your existing setup ...

I run it on Fedora Core, since my network is mostly composed of that release.
I do however use hobbit to monitor Solaris, from 8 to 10.

Regards,
Stephane

T.J. Yang wrote:
Solaris 10 sparc/intel  or linux ?

Not trying to start arguments, Just want to understand how others making their decisions ?

For me, I think Solaris 10 has following technical advantages over linux(RH) camp
1. Dtrace to help on problem finding.
2. Faster TCP/IP stack(rewrote and improved in Solaris 10).
3. Very rock solid stable.
4. Commercial support avaiable from Sun if needed.
5. Solarish has no  OS seat-license(RH Linux has it).

Thanks for your time

T.J. Yang