[ale] Linux at Weather.com

[Casey Allen Shobe]

We already have reiserfs built into the 2.4 kernels, which is far more complete
than ext3 -- Some distributions *ahem SuSE ahem* support using it instead of
ext2 during the install process.  Now we just need a utility that will convert
an ext2 filesystem into reiserfs.

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, C I wrote:
> 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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