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http://www.softpanorama.org/Articles/Linux_vs_Solaris/sparc_vs_x86.shtml >... >Linux is essentially an OS that flourishes only on Intel. It never achieved >any significant success on RISC architecture although IBM now is trying to >change this situation pushing Linux on PowerPC and potentially cannibalizing >its own AIX sales (at least on low level servers). Actually running several >competing with each other hardware and software offerings is nothing new for >IBM. >Solaris is heterogeneous OS that (unlike Linux) can perform well on two >architectures: UltraSparc and Intel. Actually Linux used to be more >heterogeneous in the past when it supported Alpha. But those days are long >gone. >... Marketspeak, I suppose >5.1. UltraSparc is an expensive but pretty cool CPU :-) >... >* Energy efficiency: it consumes less energy then either Intel or Opteron > and much less then PoewerPC CPUs. I never heard about "then PoewerPC CPUs", must be something new. :) >* Fault tolerance. Sun servers can do amazing things with fauly components. > almost any of them can be switched off. Even low level Sun server like V240 > can survive bam memory chips, onle falty CPU and one burned power supply. > In some somce it is an cheap cluster. >* Cleaner architecture. Being big Endean CPU with RISC instruction set > provides some complier level advantages in comparison with convoluted > instruction set of X86 line. "fauly" components? "bam" memory chips? "onle falty" CPU? "somce"? "complier" level advantages?? That's serious advantage, we definitely don't have those. I don't even know what those things are... ;) -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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