What's in your server room?
Jason Hiner
Published: 10 Jul 2003 15:03 BST
The corporate server room continues to be a dynamic place, according to the results of a recent NetAdmin survey. We asked TechRepublic members about the network operating systems they were running and the hardware they were using. The results show that Windows is ubiquitous, but other operating systems are holding firm, while Linux continues to gain ground. It also appears as though a couple of newer hardware technologies aren't making much headway yet.
Pieces of the NOS pie It won't come as a surprise to most IT professionals that Microsoft Windows servers have become a fixture on nearly every network. As you can see in Figure A, almost 97 percent of respondents reported that their networks include Windows servers.
Figure A
The next most widely used NOS is Unix, with about 42 percent of IT pros reporting that their networks have Unix servers (Figure B).
Figure B
Unix's cousin, Linux, is not far behind, at 37.6 percent (Figure C).
Figure C
The remaining major NOS player, NetWare, has a place on 28.6 percent of networks (Figure D).
Figure D
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