network admin TCO

[Mark Street]

Add a few more to the mix.

http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2810801,00.html

http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822067,00.html

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, ME wrote:

> http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,5098989,00.html
> (Not an authoritative source, but a "recent" example Oct 30,2001 : Amazon
> convert to linux to help cut IT budget ~25%)
>
> I have seen many for positives on the side for Linux on cost/performace in
> the server market, but not as much for commercial-end-user/home-use on
> their desktop.
>
> Certainly, you may find businesses in "movie special effects" with Linux
> on desktops that save money/time.
>
> Not as new:
> http://www.robval.com/linux/desktop/index.html
>
> (due to length/wrapping, next converted to html URL)
> <a
> href="http://www.real-time.com/Services/Linux_Solutions/Linux__vs_Windows_NT/linux__vs_windows_nt.html">http://www.real-time.com/Services/Linux_Solutions/Linux__vs_Windows_NT/linux__vs_windows_nt.html</a>
>
> At general web serving (simple html without server side includes/parsing),
> I think the linux kernel based web server has outperformed a majority of
> other web servers out on the market (including IIS) on a wide range of
> hardware. When things become more difficult is when the kinds of server
> side operations are added like asp vs perl vs c code etc. Properly
> configured Linux systems running Samba have done 4x to 32x better than
> Windows systems doing file sharing (especially with a large load). MS
> supporters claim it is due to NTFS/ACLs complexity vs the simpler *n*x
> owner/group/other. The debates rage.
>
> Project conversion requirements will dictate the margins and differences
> in cost between the two solutions depending upon the task being solved.
>
> I will conceed that you can often find drivers for more "new" hardware for
> windows than you can for Linux, but that is as much fault with MS for
> strong agreements with HW vendors as it is with vendors not being willing
> to open their specs for interface and coding for linux.
>
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Brian Lintz wrote:
> >    What recent web sites can you people recommend that
> > has any explanation for the cost of operating a Linux
> > based network?
> > http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=23086
>