You may think when you read the title Well, there is news! This I already knew! And is that Microsoft Windows Server It cannot compete or have anything to do on servers with respect to Linux or other UNIX such as Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, etc. ON the desktop Microsoft Windows is the undisputed king, with that quota it has achieved, but in terms of HPC it is something very different. Maybe some small or medium-sized companies opt for Windows Server for some reason or for ease of use, but a large company opting for it is almost ridiculous (although there are).
Security, stability, robustness These are just some of the issues that make you run away from Windows Server platforms, and perhaps someone will come and tell me that they are safe, stable and robust... As much as Linux distributions or any of the OSes I mentioned above? I don't think, besides the license costs, it would be another matter to choose a different system than what MS offers. We have all witnessed those large companies that have suffered severe attacks from malware, or the latest cases of ransomwere that have devastated certain companies precisely for using Windows Server. That doesn't mean there is no Linux malware, but those cases could have been avoided. Why does Microsoft itself or Apple itself use Linux on their own servers? If they trust their Server products so much… they should use them… right? You will have some advantage to do so.
Well, for those who still have doubts, the famous portal Phoronix, has published the results of some benchmarks that have been carried out on Microsoft Windows Server vs 6 Linux distributions. The results of most of the performance tests do not leave a paid product very well compared to other open and free ones ... Those 6 distros have been Ubuntu (two versions), Debian, openSUSE, Antergos, and Clear Linux. And that others like SLES or RHEL have not analyzed, which by the way, I take advantage of the fact that we will soon make a deep review in this blog about one of these products that you will love ...