NYSE Deploys 600 Linux servers in trading environment
Posted on January 18, 2008
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The New York Stock Exchange have deployed over 600 Linux servers within their Hybrid Market trading system. The Hybrid Market system lets NYSE traders buy and sell stocks electronically or on the exchange’s trading floor.
The key objectives on the move to Linux were:
- Flexibility
- Lower cost
- technology independence
The servers are a based on Hewlett Packard machines, with AMD Opteron processors
N.Y.S.E. Places Buy on Linux, Hold on Unix
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