[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk on Solaris 10 (AMD Opteron, Sun Fire X2100)

[Alexander Burke]

Hello, Mark!

At 06:33 AM 02/20/2006, you wrote:
 >Please forgive the question, but what is the rationale behind using Solaris
 >over Linux as an asterisk hosting platform?

Because of a few reasons, actually:

(1) The remote hardware management options available for the X2100 
work better (or only, I'm not sure which) under Solaris, and they 
seem to *really* kick ass. Plus, being Sun-engineered, the X2100 
should keep working until it's completely obsolete, and then some.

(2) I know someone who knows Solaris inside-out and backwards, 
blindfolded, while hung upside-down, and codes Bourne shell and C in 
his sleep; this is vaguely reminiscent of www.chucknorrisfacts.com. 
I'm quite sure this will come in handy when (not if) something 
breaks, giving him the opportunity to make some money and giving me 
the opportunity to reduce my downtime. :)

(3) I'd like to learn Solaris, and being SysV-based like Linux, it 
shouldn't be too much of a stretch.

--
Alexander Burke, A+, CCNA
Kingston, Ontario, Canada