OPEN MAGAZINE 
Your strategic guide to Open Source
January 9, 2006

Hello Mike Swier  

In his Issue:

Open takes a look at a solid performance jump under the new GNU 
Compiler Collection 4.0; discovers that DLT is back in backup and WORM 
archiving; and launches a new openBench Labs website where we'll be posting 
all of our benchmark programs. 

- SUSE LINUX 10'S GNU POWER DIMENSION 
- QUANTUM REDEFINES DLT "VALUE" 

For this week's features, click on  
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This Issue in Detail

SUSE LINUX 10'S GNU POWER DIMENSION
As Linux moves into the role of a core rather than edge technology, 
server utilization and the efficient allocation of resources no longer 
remain just the domain of high-power computational computing. To meet the 
growing demands on processor power, SUSE Linux 10 has fully embraced 
the new GNU Compiler Collection. The result is a measurable boost in 
Linux power that is even more dramatic on AMD64 architecture. 

QUANTUM REDEFINES DLT "VALUE"
By giving DLT drives the software functionality of SDLT, Quantum puts 
the squeeze on DAT with the launch of the DLT-V4. For less than $1,000, 
SMB sites get a backup drive that can put over 300GB of data on a 
cartridge and even provide for electronically keying that cartridge as WORM 
media.


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Access downloads of our benchmarks:

Visit our new openBench Labs site where you can download the latest 
release of oblCPU compiled as both a 32-bit and 64-bit application. Over 
the coming weeks, we'll be adding all of the openBench Labs benchmarks 
for download from the new site as we recompile the suites.

Coming next month: Tests of dual core Opteron CPUs, Xen Virtualization, 
4Gb/sec SANs

To download the benchmarks, just click on: 

<http://www.open-mag.com/cgi-bin/opencgi/email/redirect.cgi?openBench010906>

For this week's features, click on  
<http://www.open-mag.com/cgi-bin/opencgi/email/redirect.cgi?Open010906>

The editors of Open magazine