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Report: Yankee Group Reports on Unix / Linux Uptime and the Reliability Woes that Plague Windows

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Overview Use this report on the Yankee Group's Global Server Operating System Reliability Survey to make an informed choice on which servers best fit your needs. The independent, non-sponsored survey identifies the most reliable platforms. IBM AIX Unix led all server operating systems (compared with HP and Sun) with an average of just 36 minutes per server of annual downtime.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Operating Systems, High Availability, UNIX, AIX, Linux Server OS

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IP equals new alliances - get used to it

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Linux not the cheaper option, claims report

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HP to reanimate OpenVMS

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