Speed difference between Windows 2003 Server and Novell Server

[Nancy Palmquist]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 10:13:19AM -0400, Nancy Palmquist wrote:
> 
>>Currently, building a particular index on our Novell network can take 1 
>>hour.  Same index on a Linux server takes 5 minutes.  Where could we 
>>expect the speed of a Windows2003 fall in that range?
>>
>>I know I did not post version numbers and a lot of hardware details, but 
>>we are wanting some assurance that it will be faster than Novell's 
>>speeds.  This also includes a change to a Domain server setup.  We are 
>>hoping to get speeds closer to the Linux speeds.
> 
> 
> Obligatory question: why not just move it to Linux?

We would love to and currently have our Web side all Linux.  However, 
internally the system interfaces with ODBC, numerous Windows Only 
scanners, printers, etc.  Many software interfaces that are Windows 
based and the system has been cludged together, as need required over 15 
years.

All my tests indicate that we could move the majority of stuff to Linux 
and keep parts that require Windows on Windows.  But a real world test 
of this is difficult on this scale and there are just too many gotcha's 
to make us comfortable to proceed.

So we stay on Windows and hope for better Windows Side speed.

Nancy


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