[rescue] intel vs. sun- for real

[Dave McGuire]

On July 19, Fogg, James wrote:
> >From a personal note:
> Linux is NOT comparable to Solaris, not even close. Linux on Intel makes the
> comparison even worse. There are volumes of stuff to be written as to why
> these things are true, but its all been said here before. I speak from
> experience. My company runs web services that take up to 8 million hits/hour
> and we are trying very hard to switch from Solaris/Sun to Linux/Intel and
> its not easy. Example: our Mapblast Solaris servers hum along at 90% - 95%
> cpu at peak and work fine+fast. Our Linux/Intel farms need more physical
> machines for the same load (2 to 1) and we have to keep cpu below 50% or we
> get in trouble.

  ...and you're trying to switch?  That seems...counterproductive.

      -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire                  "Needing a calculator indicates that
St. Petersburg, FL              your .emacs file is incomplete." -Joshua Boyd