Re:RedHat? (Score 4, Informative)

Ok.. I may get myself in some trouble here... Please be kind.. Red Hat Advanced Server is the first version of Linux to meet all the TPC requirements and provide the performance level of this benchmark. Numerous open source performance technologies were incorporated, without which, the performance would be significantly below 100,000 tpmC. The 7x24 - 4-hour response, 3 year SW and HW maintenance is also required. The TPC audit (done by a certified TPC auditor on-site) requires the demonstration of a full system crash, as well as a single node, without losing a single committed transaction. The audit for TPC benchmarks take many days... I hope the Linux community doesn't miss the point that the TPC benchmarks are the toughest benchmarks to run and pass the audit. 138K tpmC will run 95% of the OLTP business environments today. This publication provides input to the many large corporations looking more closely at Linux in the "bet your business" application areas (databases). Although I agree that the absolute numbers of performance and price/performance may not be applicable directly to many real customer applications, it is a very fair environment (level playing field) to compare HW and SW performance and price/performance. This, IMHO, is a significant step forward for Linux in the enterprise.