Samba Beats Windows IT Week Labs Test Results

jmhowitt writes "Tests by IT Week Labs show the latest version of the open-source Samba file and print server software is 2.5 times faster than Windows Server 2003 in the same role. The news comes as many firms are grappling with the consequences of Microsoft ending support for NT4, coupled with uncertainty about when Microsoft will next update Windows. The performance difference between Windows Server 2003 and Samba 3 has increased dramatically compared with Samba 2 and Windows 2000 Server."

Comments

Re:Where's the results?

[grub]

I mean, they could've at least made a little graph

Here you go:

OS__________________Speed (more == better)
Windows Server 2003 ##
Linux running Samba #####

As you can see, Linux running Samba is 2.5x faster than Windows Server 2003.

Re:Knowledge of the protocol

[LinuxGeek8]

Yup, now we'll just have to wait untill microsoft switches from their own implementation to Samba :-)
I suspect thta it will be a few years in the future untill that happens though.

Re:Best choice for the job?

[GOD_ALMIGHTY]

If it were for me, FTP should take its friend telnet and get the fuck off the net, joining finger and rlogin in the nirvana of net services.

Somehow I don't think these protocols were enlightened enough to reach Nirvana. I'd say that they are being reincarnated as bloated SOAP specifications, which will cause us to lose an entire CPU generations' gain in power to transform XML cause some developers were too lazy to learn CORBA.