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the Future of Servers, Netware vs Windows
With the roll out of Netware 6.5 that comes bundled with Apache web Server, my SQL and PHP/PERL (AMP), Novell's open source promises are now coming true.
But with performance that FAR exceeds anything from Windoze, will there be a market change in the near future or is Novell positioned to make a slow crawling comeback?
"Novell tests indicate that MySQL running on Windows can only support about 50 users while the same database running on NetWare using equivalent hardware supports 1200-1300 users"
The new AMP server with PHPmyADMIN customization utility will offer a more customizable Web Access interface than Windows. ZenWorks offers faster Middle Tier logins with Zen delivering 3MB of data (policies and applications) to 600 users in 3minutes of rolling logins, whereas the Windows server only handled 300.
With NetWare outperfoming Windows Server in test after test, what is the future for Windows servers? Why even look at a Windows NOS when there are more cost effective, scalable solutions from an open source NOS?
For now, I see Windows being used in desktops siomply because of it's market depth and user friendly GUI. With Ximian/Novell merger and open source NOS, how long will it be before people start to realize that Netware is still the true champion of the NOS?