On Wednesday 11 October 2006 23:41, 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.
Have you ever had problems on a Hobbit server that you could not track down quickly without Dtrace?
2. Faster TCP/IP stack(rewrote and improved in Solaris 10).
Faster than what? Solaris 9? I haven't seen sufficient benchmarking regarding Solaris 10 vs Linux 2.6 regarding TCP/IP, but you may be interested in this benchmark regarding OpenLDAP:
http://www.symas.com/benchmark-auth.shtml
Using the same hardware, application software, benchmark tools, and data, Linux 2.6 was 13-16% faster than Solaris 10.
3. Very rock solid stable.
On either platform, uptime is usually dependant on the environment (power, users), not the OS.
4. Commercial support avaiable from Sun if needed.
There are many commercial Linux vendors, and many companies offering commercial support.
5. Solarish has no OS seat-license(RH Linux has it).
RH doesn't have licensing cost, only support cost. Solaris also has (much more expensive) support costs.
However, I don't think any of this is specific to Hobbit, and as such I don't know of this thread belongs on this list. Also, there may be a lot of other aspects to consider.
But, in our environment, we choose Linux by default for most services, Solaris only if the software is only supported on Solaris.
Regards,
Buchan
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Buchan Milne
ISP Systems Specialist - Monitoring/Authentication Team Leader
B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)