HI All, I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version of CentOS. Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, postfix, mysql, etc. I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of knowledge on distros that are stable on Sparc. -Jason
ML writes:> HI All, > > I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version > of CentOS. > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. > > I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of > knowledge on distros that are stable on Sparc.Solaris 10. Top notch OS, and comes with ZFS. As does OpenSolaris. Recommend to max it out on RAM.
ML wrote:> I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of > knowledge on distros that are stable on Sparc.I *think* debian is the only "major" distro left that supports SPARC to the fullest extent. Though watch out if your running the latest T1/T2 type processors, last I checked kernel support for those was somewhat limited still. http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/ Of course there's always OpenSolaris as well.. nate
ML wrote:> HI All, > > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. > > > -JasonHi There are some options, like Debian or Fedora 11 in case of Linux or something different try FreeBSD. Regards mg.
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:44 PM, ML <mailinglists at mailnewsrss.com> wrote:> > I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version > of CentOS. > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc.NetBSD?
----- "ML" <mailinglists at MailNewsRSS.com> wrote:> HI All, > > I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version > > of CentOS. > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. > > I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of > knowledge on distros that are stable on Sparc. > > -JasonI've been an avid Sun/SPARC user/abuser/collector for some time now. For my boxes in production, I typically run FreeBSD at it seems to be the closest to "Linux world" to keep the learning curve shorter since my roots lie there. It is rock solid and performs well, even on older hardware like my Enterprise 420r. Debian works also although I don't have enough experience with it on SPARC to truly comment. If you're looking for pure usability, *BSD or Debian may be your best bet. If you want top notch performance, you're probably better off with (Open)Solaris. And of course, it all depends on your comfort level. There was Aurora Linux at one time for a Redhat based system running on SPARC. The site is still available although it appears to be largely dead: http://auroralinux.org/ . If you have any other SPARC related issues/questions, you are more than welcome to mail me off-list. Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105
> HI All, > > I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version > of CentOS. > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc.Don't forget, if you don't put another o/s on it, <http://www.sunfreeware.com/> mark
Hi, maybe Gentoo Linux will be up on this server. my buddy has successfully ran it on Sun Blade 1000, but there is a UltraSPARC III and UltraSPARC III Cu CPUs ( UltraSPARC IIIi on the SF240). I think OpenSolaris will be better there ;) really have fun :) On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM, ML <mailinglists at mailnewsrss.com> wrote:> HI All, > > I have acquired a Sun Fire VL 240. I know there is not a SPARC version > of CentOS. > > Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc. > > I know this is sort of a loaded question, but I don't have a lot of > knowledge on distros that are stable on Sparc. > > -Jason > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- Serg Smirnov email/xmpp: Sergey.A.Smirnov at Gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091016/68ff2aa2/attachment-0002.html>
Hi,> Can anyone recommend a good OS for a machine that will do apache, > postfix, mysql, etc.Do you have a specific reason not to use Solaris? If you don't want to do that I've had excellent results with Debian on Sparc, and NetBSD. S.