FAQ (from Trade shows)


Trust me, you work enough trade shows, you get asked these things. I'm just getting them out of the way now.

My server has <impossibly large #> amount of RAM and <equally impossible large #> oc-12 data lines duct taped into a googleplex capable ring-ding-dingly-dang-a-dong ethernet device. I need no HA!
The simple fact is that a single server system presents a weakpoint, so if a failure did occur (ex. little hacker children testing your firewall *cough*), you'd be SOL.
But Linux/Solaris/BSD/NT doesn't crash!
Ignoring the obvious response (which involves a LART), the stability of the operating system is simply one factor that affects the stability of a server in an enterprise environment. However, using a more stable OS adds to the prevention of a failure. 
The idea is prevention, then protection.