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Linux-powered server surpasses the speed barrier

A computer running Linux is now officially the world's fastest, according to the latest Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) benchmark.

By Joey Gardiner

Published: 17 May 2001 12:20 BST

The SGI server which broke the record also takes its place as the first-ever TPC benchmark of any kind to be set using the open source operating system.

SGI - which runs Linux on all its Intel-based servers - said it is proud to have set the record.

TPC runs industry-standard benchmarks for the performance of IT systems. The SGI record was set in the TPC-H category for servers running at under 100 GB, beating the previous holder, a Compaq server running Windows 2000.

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