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> Hello, > > We are trying to build a case for this. If anyone has an > article/information please circulate it. > > Information so far we have got : 90 of the market use UNIX to run their > FIX engine. There have been concerns around Windows locking up and not > being able to log onto a box and diagnose the problem. Also, the multi- > threading in UNIX is key for performance and tuning reasons. At same > time windows based solution is cost effective. > > Thanks for your help Deepak This is the sort of question that can get people fired up - "We prefer UNIX because..." / "We prefer Windows because..." - with many valid points being put on each side. A key question, though, has to be "what, if anything, is the rest of your architecture"? There's no point, IMHO, in having a Unix box with a FIX engine on if the rest of your architecture is Windows, and vice versa, especially if performance is a key consideration. BTW - I've yet to encounter anyone having locaking up issues in Windows. [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fix-protocol?hl=en.
