[SunRescue] Q on "optimal" OS for Sun4c machines, now that So laris 8 won't run

[JonathanEischjeisch at boku.net]

"P.A.Osborne" wrote:
> >From my position I cant justify financially keeping the older SS2s etc,
> the maintenance for a SS2 with 4 hour call out from Sun costs my employer
> around 400 gbp per year - we can get new Ultra5s  for just over 800 and
> the maintenance is absolutely minimal for the first three years.

or you could get a bunch of SS2's, make a copy of your hard drive, and
when the thing fails, grab a different one off the pile, slap in the HD
and off you go.  As far as I've seen, odds are you won't have to do that
too many times, as most seem to be planning on running til judgement
day, or when someone spills a bit too much Mt. Dew on it....

-Jonathan