A Comparison of Large Scale Software Installation on NT and UNIX

Authors: 

Michail Gomberg, Rémy Evard, and Craig Stacey, Argonne National Laboratory

Abstract: 

Our computing environment consists of hundreds of UNIX and NT-based computers. We have a coherent UNIX software installation model that scales comfortably to hundreds of machines. We have spent a great deal of time in the last year learning to understand the software installation and support mechanisms for a similarly large NT infrastructure. In this paper, we examine the underlying requirements for large-scale software installation support, and compare and contrast the NT and UNIX environments, identifying strong points, weak points, and issues.

BibTeX
@inproceedings {261254,
author = {Michail Gomberg and Remy Evard and Craig Stacey},
title = {A Comparison of Large Scale Software Installation on {NT} and {UNIX}},
booktitle = {Large Installation System Administration of Windows NT Conference (LISA-NT 98)},
year = {1998},
address = {Seattle, WA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa-nt-98/comparison-large-scale-software-installation-nt-and-unix},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = aug
}
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