On 21 Mar 2002, at 2:11, Lincoln Dale <ltd@cisco.com> wrote:
>
> At 02:34 AM 20/03/2002 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> > > Does anyone have experience with solaris on x86? I'm trying to
> > > decide if its an inherent limitation, or should solaris be able to
> > > keep up with linux on the same hardware?
> ..
> >Also, remmember that Solaris _is_ compiled for SMP performance
> >out of the box, so things will be slower on a single CPU.
>
> actually, Solaris generally _isn't_ compiled for SMP. you're confusing
> pre-emption with SMP.
> also note that the big-iron sun hardware with >4 CPUs isn't SMP but rather
> CC-NUMA.
Hehe ;) do you seriously think you can get away with that?
We all now expect you share ~500 words to back your statement. ;)
I can agree that Solaris is not _compiled_ for SMP, it rather _is_
by its very design. And that does take its toll.
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