On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 01:27:15 +0200, Sebastian Jaenicke wrote:

> * ProDJ wrote:
>
>> which "free" OS would run on a multi cpu e4500 ?
>> freebsd, linux etc ...
>> and which one would support smp ?
>
> Solaris.

Has perhaps a significant RTU license cost and the OP does not wish to run
an unlicensed system.

> Please don't feed the trolls.

???

On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 18:38:50 -0500 Dave Uhring wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 01:27:15 +0200, Sebastian Jaenicke wrote:
>
>> * ProDJ wrote:
>>
>>> which "free" OS would run on a multi cpu e4500 ?
>>> freebsd, linux etc ...
>>> and which one would support smp ?
>>
>> Solaris.
>
> Has perhaps a significant RTU license cost and the OP does not wish to run
> an unlicensed system.

$20,000 (undiscounted), I think.

Linux and NetBSD both should support e4500. Linux SMP is probably "better"
but it's probably more buggy.

You really want to run Solaris on this hardware, though.

/fc

On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 21:56:00 -0500 Dave Uhring wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 19:35:08 -0700, Frank Cusack wrote:
>
>> $20,000 (undiscounted), I think.
>
> Depends on the number of processors. Anywhere from $125 to $20K.

No.

Solaris is licensed on the system *capacity*, not the number of installed
or running CPUs. e4500 falls into the 16CPU slot.

/fc

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 00:11:41 -0700, Frank Cusack wrote:


> Solaris is licensed on the system *capacity*, not the number of installed
> or running CPUs. e4500 falls into the 16CPU slot.

Yes, that small detail slipped my mind. $20K is correct.