Re: NT vs Linux as web server
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
>
> My IT manager just EMailed me this article (CC'ed to a bunch of
> Directors, of course):
>
> http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html
>
> Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 is 2.5 times faster than Linux as
> a File Server and 3.7 times faster as a Web Server.
>
> I'm sure I could dig up opposing reviews. Anyone know of any?
>
Peter-
1) The white-paper was commissioned by MS. It's right there in the
paper. That's the most telling fact in the whole paper.
2) http://lwn.net/1999/features/MindCraft.phtml has a list of
critiques of the proposal, including the suggestion that they deliberately
used a kernel (2.2.2) with known networking problems. They also have a
list of links with research you can use to counter theirs, from several
respected and independent news sources.
3) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/04/14/0042212 is /.'s thread on
this- lots of interesting observations and criticisms. Make sure you set
"Highest Scores First"- otherwise you will have to search forever to find
the pertinent ones.
Good luck- I'd strongly suggest sending out at least the lwn.net link to
counter the FUD.
-Luis
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