Star Opinion: Web Server OS Changes?
Linked by Tim H. on Tue 16th Mar 2004 21:14 UTC
Internet & Networking What is the current status of operating systems as far as web hosting goes? Here is a quick run down:
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Linux isn't going to stop
by Diego on Wed 17th Mar 2004 10:01 UTC

I very much doubt that Linux is going to stop increasing its market share. I don't think anyone doubts that SCO is just dead. SCO has already said "we never said there was Unix code in Linux" after not being able to demonstrate it.


Linux 2.6 is going to rock in the web server arena. For one, the "anticipatory scheduler" introduced in the kernel 2.6 was designed with apache-like workloads. Just look at the original researchers: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/r/antsched/

"The Apache webserver delivers between 29% and 71% more throughput on a disk-intensive workload."