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nychris

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I'm new to Solaris and was wondering what the differences were in running Solaris on a SPARC architecture vs. running it on an x86 system? Is it just boot up options?

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Chris
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In the olden days, Solaris performed better on SPARC. I think it's pretty even now, but probably SPARC would be better for large loads - say users in the thousands.

Just my two cents, though.

Iolair MacWalter
 
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What are the differences in actually using the OS? I heard that the only difference is the way SPARC machines boot up?
 
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