[SunRescue] help a guy run 2.6 on his 670MP

Dave McGuire rescue at sunhelp.org
Wed May 16 13:59:06 CDT 2001


  I found that 2.5.1 wasn't stable enough for production use when
attempting to put a very heavily-hit apache/php/database load on it.
The hardware was an SS20/71 with 384MB RAM.

  I went back to NetBSD and have been happy ever since.  Though
currently I'm developing an application under Solaris7 because I
wanted to make use of the Ultrasparc's VIS instruction set.  While
it's nowhere near as "clean" as a nice modern NetBSD load, I'm
impressed with Solaris7 so far.  And that's a lot coming from a
long-time Solaris hater like me.

          -Dave McGuire

On May 16, Kevin Loch wrote:
> I have a couple of SS5's running 2.5.1 with current patches and
> they run just fine.  I do get NFS server not responding messages
> between them for no apparent reason, but other than that...
> 
> KL
> 
> Dave McGuire wrote:
> > 
> >   EEeeeek.  C'mon, Mike.  2.5.1 isn't too bad IF you like to reboot your
> > machine once a day.
> > 
> >   Dan, you should definitely grab an SM41.  They're super cheap
> > nowadays.  Throw those SM100s in the trash or sell them on eBay.
> > 
> >         -Dave McGuire
> > 
> > On May 16, Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> > > Don't despair! 2.5.1 is not too bad. Heck they (Sun) are still releasing
> > > patches for it :) The SM-100's are awfully slow. A single SM-41 will run
> > > rings around a pair of SM-100's. Of course if your goal is to keep the box
> > > original as well as claim a quad proc machine .......
> > >
> > > Mike N
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dan Debertin" <airboss at nodewarrior.org>
> > > To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:46 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [SunRescue] help a guy run 2.6 on his 670MP
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 16 May 2001, Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The big problem you first have to overcome is the SM-100's are not
> > > supported
> > > > > past 2.5.1. Period.
> > > >
> > > > Oh. Damn. Oh well, disregard this thread, then :(.
> > > >
> > > > Dan, grumbling as he re-installs 2.5.1....
> > > > --
> > > > Dan Debertin
> > > > airboss at nodewarrior.org
> > > > www.nodewarrior.org
> > > >
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