Windows vs Linux
281491Mar 31 2009 — edited Apr 2 2009People's first reaction is probably duh, but please bear with me.
We are considering migrating our Oracle to Windows. It seems like many people recommend Linux, but it is difficult to find a straight answer why Linux is preferable to Windows.
Windows has been very stable since 2003, we never have to reboot our Windows servers. NTFS is very stable, albeit the possibility of fragmentation. On the other hand, we have had various troubles with Linux all these years:
- We configured ext3 so it could format to 8TB. It did successfully. But once it reached 4TB it started corrupting our files.
- Many Linux drivers are not very mature. For example, we were getting very bad network throughput when using SMB mount, even after tuning TCP_NODELAY. CIFS mount, on the other hand, is relatively new to the game.
- Most of our vendors have better hardware monitoring tools for Windows. (don't know if it's true for other vendors).
This is not meant to promote Windows. I just want to elicit some informed opinion so I can understand what I am missing.