[LUAU] PC Week Labs' tests show what path Linux must take

[Zachary Taylor]

Speaking of databases, do you remember the conflict the Aegis ship had
with a NT database. It crashed the ship? I can't remember the details. Can
anyone help?

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, George Toft wrote:

> Zachary P. Taylor wrote:
> > 
> >     I read this article this morning. I wish that they would do a test
> > over an extended amount of time. I have had to  reboot  NT Server, every
> > now and then, while I can leave Linux up and running for days.
> 
> That's called downtime.  GartnerGroup places this at 20% of TCO,
> and Microsoft places it at 11%.
> 
> >     My theory is, that over an extended period of time, Linux would
> > process more hits, ect. Could this be a project for LUAU? Do we have
> > enough people in the group that could do this experiment objectively? I
> > think if done right, we could do a test for 6 months to a year and submit
> > the results, along with an article for the Linux Journal, as well as
> > submitting it to the other PC mags. What do you think?
> 
> Based on my experience with NT as a database server, which
> has been very favorable (zero crashes on this install - the 
> previous install munched itself completely).  Perhaps if the
> study compared an equal number of web servers (at least 30
> of each for statistical power) based on each OS over the several
> months, like you suggest, we might have something.  Comparing
> a small number of server wouldn't mean much, as the one we have
> at work performs flawlessly, and that would skew the data.
> 
> 
> > Zach
> > 
> > Jack Morgan wrote:
> > 
> > >  http://www.pcweek.com/stories/news/0,4153,1015266,00.html
> 
> Bummer - not what I had expected.
> 
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