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RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)



How about rebooting after installing a package, or having to start a service
that
mysteriously stopped.  Those things only indicate stability what about
performance?
Have you even seen Linux benchmarks?  Oh yeah, there is the price thing too.
How much do
you have invested in NT?  Linux is FREE.  Yes, the apps are free too
including sendmail,
samba (for your Windows users), netatalk, etc.  No purchasing of CALs on
Linux.

Respectfully,

Paul DeHerrera


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ian
> Campbell
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 9:18 AM
> To: 'Firewall-1 Mailinglist Digest'
> Subject: RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)
>
>
>
> People love to diss NT, but I'll second the reliability business.
> I've been
> running from 2 to 4 FW modules and a managment console on NT for
> a year and
> a half; both 4 and 4.1. I have NEVER had to reboot a FW because of
> instability at any time.
>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Cunningham [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:40 PM
> To: 'Firewall-1 Mailinglist Digest'
> Subject: RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)
>
>
>
> I do not remember the last time I had to reboot the NT firewall to fix a
> problem. I think it was back in 1999 with V3.x
> Performance has always been a known issue , but if you do *not* have
> performance needs the arguement is irrelevant. Who needs a V*
> when 4cyl does
> you just fine.
> It has some known OS security issues but most OSs do.
>
> It all depends on the business needs and the overall cost to purchase and
> maintain.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul DeHerrera [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, 22 February 2001 10:03 AM
> To: Ralph Forsythe; Firewall-1 Mailinglist Digest
> Subject: RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)
>
>
>
> > I really cannot agree that NT is the way to go for a firewall.
> > Having used
> > 3 platforms (NT, IPSO, and Solaris) my experience is that NT
> > lacks in many
> > areas, most notably reliability, OS security, and performance.  Our
> > firewalls on NT required constant maintenence, and frequently
> > would restart
> > fwd on their own.  (This did not disrupt service at the time, but left
> > zombie processes running that would eventually eat up memory -- this
> > required a reboot.)  We also saw major performance gains moving
> > to Solaris,
> > just by putting in paltry Ultra5's (that's about as low as Sun
> will go...)
> >
> <SNIP>
>
> I agree with these sentiments exactly.  I have used Checkpoint VPN1 on
> IPSO, NT, Solaris and Linux.  Linux is my preference and out performs
> Solaris.
> NT isn't even close.
>
> Paul DeHerrera
> Large Scale Biology Corporation
> http://www.lsbc.com
>>
>
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