The Network File System (NFS) is an important mechanism for sharing files
among end users on a broad range of platforms. End users have relied on NFS
to support mission-critical applications for several decades. However, in
recent years, other shared file systems have been developed to provide
features that earlier versions of NFS lacked. To compete and address real
end-user needs, the new rev 4 of NFS was developed. As NFS version 4 becomes
available for deployment, interest in it is growing. Does it deliver on its
promises? Will it introduce performance gains or stability issues compared
with NFS v3? How well does it fit in existing enterprise ecosystems? The new
version offers performance and security features, but may also pose risks or
other challenges, and leaves various open questions for IT managers.
In speaking with a number of member companies, OSDL became ... (more)
In recent years, the adoption of Linux in the data center has progressed
beyond infrastructure services such as e-mail and file, print, and Web
serving. Today, Linux is widely used as a business application server and is
moving deeper into the data center as a database and content server. Given a
vibrant development community and innovative solution providers, Linux
continues its advance toward becoming the enterprise-computing platform of
choice.
The benefits of Linux to data center customers are well known: superior
economics, no vendor lock-in, reliability, and increasing ind... (more)
The OSDL Desktop Linux Working Group (DTL) captures, discusses, publishes and
develops Linux capabilities definitions required by demanding,
enterprise-class desktop applications. The ultimate goal is to accelerate the
use of Linux on enterprise desktops. The DTL Capabilities document is the
work of current OSDL member companies and interested individuals. The purpose
of this document is to provide an external snapshot of the work in progress
to allow feedback from interested parties. When complete these capability
descriptions will be used to evaluate the actual state of the Lin... (more)
Data warehouse implementations represent one of the most challenging types of
deployments for the enterprise. Several factors contribute to the challenge
of deploying a successful data warehouse. Among these are large-scale and
complex system configurations, sophisticated data modeling and analysis
tools, and high visibility in a broad range of important business functions
within the company.
Data warehouse workloads can serve as a litmus test to determine the
enterprise readiness of a given deployment platform. For this reason it's
interesting to determine how well Linux can su... (more)
Lynn de la Torre is a member of OSDL and coordinates the activities of the DCL Working Group. Lynn has thirty years of experience in the data center, and has worked in operations, system administration, database administration, and software development. Prior to joining OSDL, Lynn was a project manager for a large data warehouse implementation.
David Lucas
Shaul Efraim
Terence Martin Breslin
Cory Marchand
David Hughes
James Carlini
John Iffert
Dan Stolts
Joe Zeto
