Re: Benchmarks

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:50:10 -0800
Message-ID: <3E25E5A1.A01AA777@exesolutions.com>

Sean McKeown wrote:

> DA Morgan wrote:
> >
> > 2. During hard crashes HP tends to be more likely to corrupt the kernel
> > than Solaris.
>
> Can you cite a reference on this? I've never come across such an
> event. Granted, our HP's hardly ever crash, but we have 60+ HP boxes
> and I can't recall ever having one crash and corrupt the kernel as a
> result.
>
> > Go for
> > a contract based on your ability to maintain the systems and keep them
> > running 7x24.
>
> Agreed.
>
> Regards,
> Sean

Anecdotal and personal experience. I have an HP9000 and a Sun Ultra on my desk. We recently had a power outage the lasted longer than the UPS: Both crashed. The Sun machine came right up without a problem. The HP required reinstalling the kernel. And this is not the first time I have experienced this behavior and according to my SysAdmin friends is not uncommon.

But in all other aspects our experience has been that HP machines are extremely stable. Boot on January first and expect it to still be running when you break for Christmas.

Daniel Morgan Received on Wed Jan 15 2003 - 16:50:10 CST