[NTLUG:Discuss] Getting Linux onto a Sun Netra 105 rackmount.

[MadHat]

On Dec 16, 2003, at 11:32 AM, Cameron, Thomas wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stephen Klein [mailto:jaguar at imagin.net]
>> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:14 AM
>> To: discuss at ntlug.org
>> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Getting Linux onto a Sun Netra 105 rackmount.
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience getting Linux (any flavor) installed
>> onto a Sun Netra 105 rackmount server?
>>
>> The main thing we want is to run Samba on it.  I know Samba will work
>> under Solaris, but I'd feel much more comfortable if it was running
>> under Linux instead of Solaris.
>>
>
> It is not often you will hear me say this, but Solaris might be a  
> better option than Linux when running Samba on Sun hardware.  Let me  
> qualify this by saying I have not seen any recent benchmarks, but  
> historically Samba has been faster on Solaris than on Linux.
>
> Do some more homework before you make this decision.  The newsgroup  
> comp.protocols.smb  
> (http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF 
> -8&group=comp.protocols.smb) is a good place to ask.

One big problem here is a new release of Samba that offers many speed  
improvements.  Check the dates on reviews and trouble reports.  Also  
some support for SPAC hardware has changed in Linux, so as usual YMMV.