Understanding Platform Reliability

What isn’t “Mission Critical” anyway? Whether you’re considering a Server OS for ERP, Email and Collaboration, or a File and Print solution, you most likely consider reliability as an absolutely non-negotiable requirement.

After all, ongoing system management and downtime represent a significant portion of the overall lifetime costs of a solution – about 75% of TCO over a three-year period.

Choosing a reliable platform that’s easy to manage and maintain reduces the direct costs of reacting to downtime as well as the costs associated with end-user productivity.

Organizations define reliability as more than uptime. A reliable solution is one that is:

Easy to configure and maintain
Predictable, especially as business requirements evolve
Therefore, available to end users.

Find out how other IT organizations define and measure reliability, and get best practices from a variety of real-world businesses and industry experts.


	Related Case Studies Keller Independent School District Keller Independent School District increased system uptime from 80 to 100%, and reduced support calls by 90%, by switching from a Linux-based GroupWise Email system to a more reliable Microsoft platform. Read the Case Study Utusan Group For increased reliability, the Utusan Group moved from a Linux-based e-mail application to Exchange Server 2007 running on Windows Server 2003. Read the Case Study Howard Baines Recently Live Applications Receive Only Two Error Reports Read the Case Study Western Materials Move from Linux to Windows Server Improves Reliability for Building Materials Provider Read the Case Study


	Industry Research Wipro This study show that Windows Server 2003 Enterprise servers incur more measurable efficiencies during patching and updating than similarly sized Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 5 servers. Read the Report Wipro Key reliability comparisons between Windows and Linux Read the Report Microsoft Reliability comparisons between Windows Server 2008 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Read the Report Microsoft Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) choices available from Microsoft. Read the Report Security Innovation This study found that a Windows-based solution reliability compared to a Linux-based solution. Read the Report


	Hands On IIS and Apache Reliability Features These screencasts examine the built in reliability features of Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows Server 2003 R2 against those of Centos 5.0 Linux (clone of Red Hat). Watch the Windows Screencast Watch the Linux Screencast Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor Use Microsoft Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor to examine how programs affect your computer's performance, both in real time and by collecting log data for later analysis. Learn More Windows Error Reporting Windows Error Reporting detects information about system and program failures and records the information in a log file. Find out how you can analyze the log file to diagnose the failure's cause. Learn More


	CIO Interview Greg Lush, CIO, The Linc Group "We’re a huge believer in safety, reliability, and interoperability with other applications." Read the Interview