“If commercial Unix vendors weren’t already worried about Linux,
they should be now. Linux has seen wide deployment in datacenters,
generally as a Web server or a file server, or to handle network
tasks such as DNS and DHCP, but not as a platform for running
mission-critical enterprise applications. Solaris, AIX, or HP/UX
typically get the nod when an application demands the highest
levels of performance and scalability. The recent release of a new
Linux kernel, v2.6, promises to change that.“The v2.6 kernel ushers in a new era of support for big iron
with big workloads, opening the door for Linux to handle the most
demanding tasks that are currently handled by Solaris, AIX, or
HP/UX. The new kernel not only supports greater amounts of RAM and
a higher processor count, but the core of device management has
changed. Previous to this kernel there were limits within the
kernel that could constrain large systems, such as a 65,536 process
limit before rollover, and 256 devices per chain. The v2.6 kernel
moves well beyond these limitations, and it includes support for
some of the largest server architectures around…”
LinuxInsider: Linux V2.6 Scales the Enterprise
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