Re: Avoid Windows NT for database server - says the White paper!!

Posted in 1998

Nuno Souto — Fri, 4 Dec 1998 00:08:08 +1100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> > NT makes poor use of memory and virtual memory > NT has a poor multiprocess prioritization model > NT has bugs in its process scheduling on SMP hardware > NT requires much more CPU and memory resources to match UNIX/Linux >performance Not a single counter argument on these ones. Correct all the way through. As for the rest, SPAM is good on bread. Keep it away from keyboards, though... Cheers Nuno Souto nsouto@acay.com.au