Take for example Microsoft’s dropping support or ntbackup.exe, where their replacement requires an entire volume to be backed up rather than an application (such as Exchange or System State). Backwards compatibility, migrations, and upgrades of software applications on Linux has hardly ever been a consideration for us, where as, each new version of the Windows operating system has involved significant retooling, upgrading, testing, and migrating for us.Our Linux server uptime for our backup and storage devices was literally years and for Windows it was weeks to a few months. We hardly ever see Linux machines crash or need to be rebooted, whereas, in high demanding environments (running one of our competitors legacy online backup server software), we’ve had to reboot Windows servers every two to three weeks.Because of Windows apparent ease of use (we’ll cover this later), it’s much harder to tell what a Windows tech actually understands (are they just following recipes or do they really understand). Similarly, we believe there are fewer surprises when hiring a Linux administrator, vs.The learning curve for administering Linux servers appears to harder then Windows, which at first blush seems to weigh in Window’s favor, but in our experience we find those who have cut their teeth in the Linux realm actually have better problem solving skills and are able to master, at a deep level, new technologies much faster.We’ve found that Linux administrators typically have a superior understanding of the nuances of supporting services requiring high load, many users, and high availability. Those with a BSc degree in computing or engineering seem to have no problem with understanding, configuring and managing Linux servers.It’s much easier to hire Windows administrators then Linux administrators as there are seems to be many more tech’s with Windows experience.
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