Subject: Re: [Suns-at-Home] [robc@solarflares.net: SPARCServer 2000, anyone want one?]
To: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/28/2003 11:14:35
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 04:19:15PM -0800, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
>
> related is the sparccenter 1000, which is like a mini 2000 with only one
> XDBus, and the cray CS6400, which has four XDBuses.
>
A SC1000 is almost literally, a SC2000 cut in half. These things made
kick-arse NFS servers. The XDBus is an odd beast - a packet switched
bus.
> sun4d. not supported by NetBSD. (yet?) :)
>
I know that there was some work being done on sun4d, I don't know if
the person doing it has had the time to finish it off or not.
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Brett Lymn