Linux and business-critical applications

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Submitted by Phil-R | 10/22/2007 7:27pm

Now that Linux is beginning to show up in more mission-critical and business critical environments, do you think most companies are running these application on the most reliable platforms? Do you see any benefits of running Linux on a fault-tolerant server?

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Comment by Anonymous | 1/17/2008 7:40pm

Is Stratus running RHEL 5? If not, when are you planning on supporting it?

Comment by PJR | 1/18/2008 5:41pm

RHEL 5 is not currently supported on the Stratus ftServer family. We are looking at the July 2008 time frame for support.

Comment by JA-10 | 10/24/2007 4:19pm

I think Linux really has become accepted in corporate and government data centers. I'd guess that its being deployed primarily on white box servers, and also being clustered for apps requiring high availability. Linux on a fault-tolerant server is certainly a quicker, simpler solution for mission-critical applications.

Comment by Anonymous | 11/28/2007 2:58pm

The IT community still seems cautious about getting applications off UNIX and moving them to Linux. It will happen eventually, no doubt, but a technology biases remain. Old habits are hard to break!

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