OT Linux (RE: [rescue] OT: Stuffed Proliant?)

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 09:46, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 09:32:18AM -0800, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 05:55, Loomis, Rip wrote:
> > > Not Quite Ready For Prime Time.
> > > 
> > > Personally, I disagree--but in some cases.  I won't be running
> > > Linux on our E3000 any time soon, nor do I expect to run it
> > > on the Quad Xeon's we've got on loan for testing.  On SPARC 10s
> > 
> > Are you running 2.2 or 2.4 kernels on these?  I know that Solaris does
> > -much- better than the 2.2 kernel series, if only because it has decent
> > SCSI drivers.
> 
> Yeah, but I wouldn't want to stress a 2.4 machine too hard at this point
> either, so it is kinda a no win situation for linux.  The new VM appears
> fine so far but it hasn't had extensive real world testing yet (remeber,
> 2.4.0 had a new VM system.  Then, 2.4.10 had ANOTHER different VM management
> system).  I'm not real thrilled with that action, but the 2.4.0 system had
> serious problems, and IMHO it shouldn't have been released as final until
> fixed.

Speaking strictly for Red Hat supported platforms (I.E. Not SPARC), the
VM in the latest kernels from Linus actuallystands up to their stress
testing without serious hacking.  I don't trust x86 hardware to
withstand heavy loads, so I tend to find that a pretty moot point.
	Greg

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