Re: Database or store to handle 30 Mb/sec and 40,000 inserts/sec

Noons wrote:

> Hardware is not as critical as it used to be, neither is the
> OS. Things are different nowadays and maybe there is a business
> case for it being so. The other thing that folks should always be
> aware
> of is that Windows ES is NOT the same as vanilla desktop Windows:
> the two are only common in name. ES is a well rounded OS,
> with some limitations for sure but quite usable for general purpose
> computing. Cheaper than *n*x? I don't think so, but there will
> always be an accountant that will disagree.

I'd agree with one very large exception. I've yet to see the database server, running UNIX, brought down by a 19 year old in Russia. I can not say the same thing with respect to a cellular phone company and a major US bank's ATM machines brought down by runnning on Windows.

Part of the value in an O/S is that no one has painted a bright red target on it.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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