Re: [FW1] choice bw nt or linux

[Chris Trudeau <ctrudeau@FW1-NOSPAMbellsouth.net>]

As I was then...

I did not actually SEE the results, although I would very much like to be involved
in the benchmarking of the different solutions.  I definitively HAVE seen postings
and otherwise indicating that a comparable Solaris Solution (processor etc) was
used int he test and was beaten by some crazy percentage...

Nokia boxes were also tested in the same benchmark and were also beaten.  I can
easily go out and find a redundant power supply 19" rack mountable Intel based
hardware solution for about $4500, install RH 6.X and Checkpoint on the box and it
will beat an Existing Nokia platform in most tests...

I agree that the Linux Stack has a way to go to be as efficient, but $4500 for a
linux solution which does in fact SMOKE a $30,000 Nokia solution is a nice price
point for a lot of people.

The point I suppose I SHOULD have made is the "bang-for-the-buck" one.  The linux
solution far and away provides more bang for the buck than ANY of the other
solutions.

CT

Brett Lymn wrote:

> According to Chris Trudeau:
> >
> >
> >and IMHO the reports I hear is that a tuned linux kernel running Checkpoi=
> >nt SMOKES
> >the competition, including Nokia, and ANYTHIN on NT...
>
> Uhhhh ``I doubt it'' the processor in the linux box used in the
> testing may have been a lot faster than the processor in the Nokia
> giving you an inflated figure.  The linux tcp/ip stack still has a way
> to go in terms of performance, I am reasonably certain that it beats
> the NT implementation but as for beating the BSD IP stack... I think not.
>
> >May be spoiled, but=
> > routing
> >issues are normally easier to troublshoot as is remote management of the =
> >OS and many
> >other factors when one uses a linux or *nix mased solution.
> >
>
> secure, remote access is something the *nix solutions do do better
> than NT.
>
> >And in this case it is supposedly so much faster too...
> >
>
> I would crank up the salt mine on that one.
>
> --
> ===============================================================================
> Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, BAE SYSTEMS
> ===============================================================================



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