Linux group releases enterprise guidelines
Thursday, 5 February 2004 18:38 EST
Open Source Development Labs, one of the main groups promoting the business use of open-source software, released its standards for using Linux in enterprise applications. OSDL on Thursday said the document, named Data Center Linux (DCL) Technical Capabilities version 1.0, aims to establish guidelines for using Linux, an open-source operating system, in corporate data centers. The group hopes that the standards will help encourage businesses to consider Linux for large-scale information technology initiatives. The enterprise Linux blueprint is the result of input from a number of OSDL's members, which include IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Sun Microsystems and Red Hat.
The document defines some 300 capabilities for Linux usage, which OSDL has arranged into a number of categories: scalability, performance, reliability/availability/scalability, manageability, clusters, standards, security and usability. OSDL said it plans to create a DCL requirements document based on the guidelines to be used in developing a public reference for Linux distributions, business users, and developers of the Linux kernel--the heart of the operating system.
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