Analyst Report
Reliability Benchmarking Series Study #1:
A lab-based comparison of the reliability of Windows Server 2003 and Red Hat Linux 5 enterprise in the context of updates and patching.
Published: 5/8/2008
The purpose of this paper is to assess the overall reliability of enterprise servers equipped with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise versus Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 during operating system patches and updates.

Summary
Wipro Technologies has performed a lab-based assessment of the reliability, availability and manageability of enterprise servers in a variety of patching and update scenarios. The results of this Microsoft sponsored study show that Windows Server 2003 Enterprise servers incur 63% less unplanned downtime and 33% less overall downtime during patching and updating than similarly sized Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 servers.
Included in this document
  • Executive Summary
  • Series Overview
  • Introduction: Server OS Patching and Updating
  • Implications
  • Conclusions
  • Appendices
  • About Wipro Technologies