German Linux vendor SuSE has launched its latest version of the Linux Operating System, Version 7.0. It includes different products for use as a server OS or on the desktop. The pack price of £41.70 includes installation help and 90 days service...
The future is databases - no surprise there - and especially building databases on clustered computers. Opt for Oracle's clustering and computing requirements are spread across a 'cluster' of powerful PCs/servers.
Companies favouring the clustered approach include IBM and Dell Computer. This "cluster" approach works well with problems that can be broken down into independent calculations and run simultaneously, but many customers still prefer a single system...
What Red Hat and SuSE have to do is create an annuity revenue stream," customer dollars that will recur quarter after quarter. SuSE, Red Hat's chief rival, is being more aggressive in its desktop Linux push.
When you buy a cluster, the price per node in the cluster is going to be reduced" compared to regular Windows, Theimer said in a presentation at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Microsoft is aiming to have its first cluster version of...
OCFS version 2 is part of Suse Linux Enterprise Server but Red Hat has its own open source alternative, the Global File System (GFS). Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday that supports features in IBM's Cell processor, includes...