Reliability FreeBSD FreeBSD is extremely robust. There are numerous testimonials of active servers with uptimes measured in years. The new Soft Updates file system optimizes disk I/O for high performance, yet still ensures reliability for transaction based applications, such as databases. Linux Linux is well known for its reliability. Servers often stay up for years. However, disk I/O is non-synchronous by default, which is less reliable for transaction based operations, and can produce …showed first 75 words of 792 total…

…showed last 75 words of 792 total…in development for Linux that will fix some of these issues, but these will not be ready for the 2.4 release of Linux. Conclusion: Using the above parameters we can see that FreeBSD is superior top Linux for the Business community or better said to the Production env, although Linux according to the specific info is less powerful it's still a great OS that leaves Windows in the shadows. Bibliography http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/01/infrrevu/