On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:55:21 -0700, Kopischke, David G. wrote: >Greetings, > About six months ago, a story appeared in SearchDataCenter concerning >the NYSE migration to UNIX/LINUX platforms. Since it's been six months, >I wrote to the author this morning requesting a follow up. He responded >almost immediately that he'd look into it. >
And today, I came across this in the SearchEnterpriseLINUX.com daily mail: HP LINUX SERVERS BOLSTER NYSE TRADING APP Bridget Botelho, News Writer In a rare glimpse into a mission-critical Wall Street IT operation, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has confirmed that it recently purchased roughly 600 Hewlett-Packard Co. servers in support of its Linux-based online trading system. In October 2006, NYSE introduced the electronic trading system, the NYSE Hybrid Market, to allow investors to buy and sell stocks on the trading room floor and via the Internet. The NYSE Hybrid Market now handles more than 500 million messages a day, requiring more servers and storage, said Steve Rubinow, the chief information officer at NYSE. To accommodate the online trading system, NYSE commissioned HP to replace old server and storage infrastructure. Sorry about the wrap: http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci 1285921,00.html?track=NL- 383&ad=616820&asrc=EM_NLN_2744362&uid=279318 600 servers to replace 1 1600 MIPS mainframe ??? It reads like there's more to it than this, but it's still incredible. The annual power bill alone could probably buy a new z9. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
