The IT staff spends considerably less time managing its Linux environment and is no longer dependent on vendors and account managers to manage proprietary hardware and software. Etos’ stores can now expedite these processes in just 25 minutes and troubleshoot any issues before the following day. End-of-day procedures for each of its stores, including administrative transactions and order processing, used to require four to six hours and ran well into the evening. With a more efficient infrastructure, Etos can process transactions significantly faster. “We can also run our Oracle systems ten times faster on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server than our previous UNIX system.” “Users in our retail stores have noticed a significant performance improvement with zero unexpected downtime in the past year,” said Idema. The company is also running its storage and backup appliances on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. The company runs most of its mission-critical applications on SUSE Linux, including its logistics application, Oracle databases and Apache web servers. Running Linux on Intel-based machines has reduced our dependence on proprietary hardware vendors.”Įtos now runs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on 15 Dell PowerEdge machines. “Linux also gives us the flexibility to run on low-cost hardware, configure it any way we want and avoid big hardware and software contracts. “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was incredibly easy to install and configure,” said Edwin Idema, manager of Service Desk and Operations at Etos.
After experiencing some problems running Red Hat with its storage system, Etos evaluated SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
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