Nikola Krgovic <nkrgovic@sezampro.yu> writes:

> Do bear in mind that linux has moved up, and solaris might not prove to
>be much faster, if any. These machines are low on ram (by todays standards),
>plus you don't have any storage (which would greatly speed up solaris,
>while it would remain unsupported on linux...). This is one of the biggest
>advantages of solaris - support, and reliability. Not speed.

You should not assume that Solaris is stagnant, speed wise.

Testing Solaris 10 vs Solaris 9 will show great performance
improvements in certain workloads; so testing will show
differences there.

Casper
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