Heavy-Duty System Administration Utilities? 44
leandrod asks: "I am in the process of helping a small software company define the infrastructure for their major client's new system. It is a big country, and it is a medium-sized client planning on going big. We are planning to standardize on Debian GNU/Linux. I am aware I can have IBM Tivoli Maestro for GNU/Linux for production scheduling, and BEA's Tuxedo TP monitor, but they are unsupported under Debian. I am also aware of one or two free TP monitors, but they are either incipient or stagnating. I couldn't find a production scheduler. I know I can do lots with the standard tools, but keep in mind I am targeting a transaction-processing bureau for a big operation with hundreds of thousands of terminals and millions of users, something like a poor man's Wal-Mart, or even Visa. Are there vendors out there willing to support Debian or just GNU/Linux in general? If not, are there free software projects that accomplish the same thing?"
Re:Think long-term stability... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Think long-term stability... (Score:5, Funny)
Debian packages are too old, unless you want to jump into the "unstable" tree - and what business can accept unstable server software?... For example... Debian hasn't got XFree86 4.3.0 in their stable tree (and they wont for years to come as they still have 4.1.0 stable)
Right. Everyone knows that you absolutely cannot run a large-scale production server effectively without the new features in XFree86 4.3. It's obvious that 4.1 just doesn't cut it when you have millions of transactions to process... I mean, it can't even change the screen resolution on the fly!
TP monitoring? (Score:3, Funny)