On Tue, 10 May 2011 21:57:53 +0300 Oron Peled <o...@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> On Sunday, 8 בMay 2011 19:42:55 is...@zahav.net.il wrote: > > On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:19:25 +0300 > > guy keren <c...@actcom.co.il> wrote: > > > > > and how is all this related to solaris Vs. linux? solaris is *nix, at > > > least was the last time i heard ;) > > > > Yes, you are right, but for some reason Solaris has the reputation for > > handling multicore better than Linux and BSD. > > Repeating this claim does not make it true: Reading what I wrote might help you a little. I said "Solaris has the *reputation* for handling multicore better." > http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Resources/Systems/columbia.html > - Smallest node have "only" 512 (Itanium) cores > - Biggest system have 2048 (Itanium) cores > - These systems are from ~2006 (5 years ago) > - They are SSI (single system image), not clusters. > > If Solaris was so much better in multicore handling, I'll bet you would > be able to point to similar Solaris systems, now can you? I'm sure I could if I was an Oracle marketing rep, but I really don't care. I use Linux, Solaris, and 3 different BSD and they all have their good and bad points. YMMV. I didn't bother to look at your link but if you don't like what I wrote, think of the value of comparing whatever OS you are talking about running on *Itanium* to running it on x86. That's not exactly a sound basis for comparison :rolleyes: I was suggesting to the OP it might be good to try a different OS on *his* hardware if he has a nice box and isn't happy with the performance. I don't see the crime in that and sorry some of you found it so offensive. Maybe you should just buy him an Itanium farm if you feel so strongly about it ;-) Have a nice day. _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
