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[Veritas-bu] Question about media server OS - Solaris on x86?

2011-01-26 19:23:07
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Question about media server OS - Solaris on x86?
From: "James Yaple" <James.Yaple AT yahoo DOT com>
To: <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:22:51 -0600

We are considering a new OS platform for our Netbackup media servers at $WORK.

 

The current platform is Solaris on SPARC, the consideration is going to Solaris on x86.

 

Is this a good idea?  Is the conversion from Solaris SPARC to x86 more or less effort than a completely separate platform, say Redhat Linux?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

James

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