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

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 07:04:50PM -0800, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> 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

That sounds a bit like flamebait actually.  IMHO it's the software not
the hardware that makes x86 look so bad - since most of it ships with
Microslop.

OpenBSD on x86 performs quite well in my experience.

./patrick