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Well, is it Linux?

Authored by: tiger99 on Friday, June 21 2013 @ 08:19 AM EDT

Well, what else could it be? I don't think there is any other OS, with the credibility for the job, that is as well understood. The hardware, including the CPU architecture, has not been defined yet, but will be either fully documented processor boards or our own design, so we need something that has been ported to any likely architecture, which rules out OpenBSD, even though its code quality is probably the best. SCOundrelware is out, for obvious reasons.

NetBSD would also have been a candidate, but the software team are not familiar with it.

Although the required product life is only about 15 years, there is strong disinclination to use anything proprietary which can not be replicated or replaced if it becomes obsolete, so things like PC motherboards are non-starters.

There is also a SUN running Slowlaris, which we have not been asked to replace, however that can most likely be replaced by a new Sun should the need arise.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

As long as you' re not Internet connected, - Authored by: albert on Friday, June 21 2013 @ 12:18 PM EDT
- When the RAID fails... - Authored by: jrl on Monday, June 24 2013 @ 09:43 AM EDT
  - That can happen. With any system. Hardware. Software.* - Authored by: albert on Monday, June 24 2013 @ 10:35 AM EDT

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