In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:59:51 +0000
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> ERP Suite Helps Electronics Company Consolidate
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> | Using partitioning and virtualization, Baldor Electric says it can
> | run all of its SAP apps globally in 24 secure partitions on a single
> | box. "The migration of our SAP application servers to Linux on the
> | [IBM] zSeries produced an immediate increase in performance, and
> | has made it easier to manage and maintain our systems," said
> | Mark Shackleford, the firm's IS director.
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> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54794.html
A 40% performance gain (in what?) by replacing Unix with
a IBM zseries 990 mainframe, to support 3800 employees.
It also claims less administrative workload and less
IT costs but doesn't say how much.
This article doesn't tell me a whole lot.
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