Re: [hobbit] Which OS is better for Hobbit server ?

[Buchan Milne <bgmilne (at) staff.telkomsa.net>]

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
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