Re: Tier 1 and Tier 2

["Paul B. Brown" <pbrown btechnet com>]

Pam,

Simple.  Tier 1 means that the OS and/or software was developed on and
is supported on the platforms listed.  Tier 2 means that it was ported
and may or may not be buggy.  For example, the SPARC port of Lunix has
Tier 1 support for any sun4m platform (SPARC IPC, Classic, 4, 5, 10, or
20).  Tier 2 are the sun2c architecture machines (SPARC IPX, 1, 1+, 2,
250, 1000, etc).  Sun4u (Ultra SPARC is not supported at all.

That's it in a nutshell.  If you want a production box, go tier1.  If you
want something to play with, try tier 2.

Enjoy!

Paul

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Paul B. Brown                          "Sailing is a state of mind . . . ."
pbrown btechnet com                    Unix Systems Administration
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On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Pat Elam wrote:

> Now to show my ignorance.  Someone please define Tier 1 and Tier 2 supported hardware.
> 
> Patrick
> 
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