[ale] Linux at Weather.com

[C I]

This setup is in a radio commercial for IBM.  In the
spot the CIO for weather.com is talking about how IBM
helped them upgrade and how they brought in Linux
servers.  

Also didn't I read somewhere that journaling was going
to added when we get the ext3 file system.  Or was
that just wishful thinking on my part.

CI 


--- Jim Philips <jim.philips at s1.com> wrote:
> I wish I had a link for this, but it came to me in
> an html e-mail and
> sending it to the list would be messy. Anyway,
> techtarget.com sent an
> article about weather.com's conversion to a totally
> Linux server setup.
>  
> High points: 
>  
> The Linux setup there now handles between 10 and 15
> million hits a day!
> Open Source has proven to offer better security than
> closed source.
>  
> Low points:
>  
> Linux still has a long way to go when it comes to
> handling symmetric
> multi-processing beyond two processors.
> They still need a journaling file system.
>  
> But overall, Linux has been a huge success for
> weather.com. So, the next
> time an IT manager casts doubts on Linux' ability to
> perform in a true
> large-scale server operation, point them to
> weather.com.
>  
> Hats off to our boys up in Marietta!
> 
> Jim Philips
> 
> Worldwide Customer Support
> S1 Corporation
> 3390 Peachtree Rd., Suite 1700, Atlanta, GA 30326
> Email: jim.philips at s1.com Phone: 678-421-4611
> www.s1.com
> 
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> 
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