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Making the Move — When, What and How to Migrate From UNIX to Linux

Date : 7/27/2009
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IT shops that migrate from UNIX® to Linux® get the features and functionality they need to run their businesses — with similar or better performance, scalability, reliability and security as well as lower costs — plus flexibility, choice and control to help manage their environments on their own terms and within their own time frames.

The technological capabilities of open systems make this an ideal time to migrate from UNIX to Linux. In fact, server performance and efficiency have never been greater with Intel®-based servers. In recent benchmarks, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 server, with two Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series (with eight cores), outperformed an equivalent Sun proprietary system with 16 cores by a factor of three — on a per core basis (see www.spec.org for details and more information).