[geeks] Sun Fire V120 Server -vs- Apple Xserve

Greg A. Woods woods at weird.com
Thu Jun 20 20:09:41 CDT 2002


[ On Thursday, June 20, 2002 at 15:40:09 (-0400), Joshua D Boyd wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Sun Fire V120 Server -vs- Apple Xserve
>
> Now, I'm not a professional at this, but if it were me, I'd definately
> go for the Sun then.  The Xserve looks fun, but if the machine isn't
> proven at remote management to my satisfaction.  With solaris, you
> already know you can fix it from anywhere from any internet
> connection, unless the OS somehow got screwed, in which case, if you
> get someone to insert a CD and have it hooked to a term server, you
> can even do a remote OS install.  I believe you can't do that on an
> XServe.

Why would you think another OpenFirmware machine would be any different?

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