[ale] Linux on sparc recommendations?

[Jeff Lightner]

Question is:  How will you back them up?  I've run into this with one of
my old HP PA-RISC boxes.  Netbackup has a client for RedHat on Intel and
a client for HP-UX on PA-RISC but no client for Linux on PA-RISC.  I
doubt they have one for SPARC either.

FYI: I chose Debian for HP as that is the one that HP has sponsored for
PA-RISC.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of John
To: ale at ale.org
Wells
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 1:31 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Linux on sparc recommendations?

Guys,

In an effort to target one *nix internally, we have been turning down
our
Solaris boxes and replacing them with Linux.

My problem: I have a growing number of idle Sparc machines...some that
are
pretty capable and pricey.

I'd rather use them than sell them...is there a particular Linux distro
that runs well on most sparcs? I tend to lean towards Debian myself, but
we do have a fair amount of Red Hat boxes around here as well.

Just looking for experiences and recommendations.

Thanks!

John

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