> 3.) Given that I can run on Solaris, NT, or Linux which of
> the three OSes will give me the most throughput and best performance?
How long is a piece of string, and how much effort do you want to expend.
Solaris and NT (all flavours) don't really give you that much choice though
in fairness much of the unwanted junk (for your purpose) services can be
stopped or will end up off loaded to disk (virtual store). Linux gives you
more opportunities to configure the kernel and what you load as an operating
system. So in theory on the same kit you should be able to squeeze the most
out of Linux - you'd probably have to run in batch mode and junk any fancy
graphics.
However in cost terms it's probably best to go with the operating system
that you're most familiar with and just add another machine if it starts to
choke.
Allan
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