3.4 Which OES 2 Platform Is Best for My Services?

You can deploy OES 2 SP1 services on either

There are, of course, differences in the way OES provides services on Linux and NetWare (see Section 3.1, What Services Are Included in OES 2?).

To better assess which OES platform can best meet your network service needs, consider the following:

Table 3-2 Platform Comparison

OES 2 NetWare

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Brief description

The Novell award-winning network-optimized operating system.

The Novell award-winning Linux operating system.

Industry-recognized strengths

  • Reliability

  • Scalability

  • Security

  • Open application environment

  • Flexibility

  • Versatility

Business value propositions

NetWare excels when the user population and management burden is highly distributed:

  • Increases network availability.

  • Optimizes manageability.

  • Enhances user productivity.

  • Runs Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, and other open source applications.

SLES 10 is well suited as an application server running Linux-based solutions:

  • Runs thousands of programs available from the open source community.

  • Delivers OES file and print services.

  • Hosts open source Web servers, proxy servers, and mail servers.