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Samba Beats Windows IT Week Labs Test Results

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thrashing-the-competition dept.

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."

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  1. Heh, hows that for a whack at MS? by miffo.swe · · Score: 1, Troll

    It was only some days since i read a (biased) article of how much faster windows 2003 was than Samba. I wonder what version they compared against? 0.1?

    Seems like samba is keeping the lead despite MS having thrown every service known to man far to close to the kernel to be comfortable.

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