Re: NT server, pro/con

From: David I. Laudicina <dil.admin_at_mhs.unc.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 13:47:55
Message-ID: <dil.admin.1601.000DCCE0_at_mhs.unc.edu>


>I just left a company that has been a heavy SCO user, but was experimenting
 

>with NT. As a longtime UNIX-type also, I was particularly interested in the
 

>NT Systems Admin tasks and was extremely concerned when it took an NT
 

>technician from Microsoft over a week just to get the software installed and
 

>operational. Initial benchmarking of a helpdesk package on the NT system
 

>running dual-RISC and a UNIX server running single 486 did not seem to show the
 

>expected performance advantage we thought the NT server should have. I'm sure
 

>this will draw some fire, but I was not impressed with NT.
 

>John Johnson
>Turnaround Computing

I thought NT benefits really didn't kick in until you run SMP. Thx dave L Received on Thu Feb 23 1995 - 13:47:55 CET

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