AMD Chooses Windows over Linux, Boosts Performance 58 Percent, Improves Efficiency
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a global provider of microprocessor solutions for computing, communications, and consumer electronics markets. In 2005, AMD increased the speed of a key Oracle-based production-planning application that ran on Sun Solaris by recompiling it to run on both the Windows ServerŪ 2003 R2 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS operating systems. With expert help from the Microsoft Field Services Account Team and Performance Tuning Corporation, AMD identified configuration errors and ways to further optimize the application's performance. In a key benchmark test, the Oracle application ran 58 percent faster on Windows Server 2003 than on Linux. By running this and similar applications on Windows Server, which is the foundation of the company's IT infrastructure, AMD also gains a more homogeneous, easier-to-manage IT environment and ready access to 64-bit technologies.
Based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD designs and produces microprocessors and low-power processor solutions.
Business Situation
AMD wanted to improve the performance of a key production application, which appeared to run faster on Linux, while preserving its existing, easily managed IT environment based on Windows ServerŪ 2003 R2.
Solution
AMD worked with Microsoft and Performance Tuning Corporation to identify errors and optimize hardware and software configurations to maximize performance on Windows Server 2003 R2.
Benefit
Improves system performance
Increases reliability, scales to meet growth
Simplifies IT management
Expands the availability of third-party solutions
Prepares the IT environment for 64-bit technologies
Software
Microsoft Server Product Portfolio
Windows Server 2003 R2
Quote
"In performance tests, a key benchmark query of the Oracle application required 19 minutes to complete on Linux versus 12 minutes for Windows Server, a speed increase of more than 58 percent."
