Microsoft has built a Linux distro, and is using it for their Azure data centers.
From their blog post: "It is a cross-platform modular operating system
for data center networking built on Linux." Apparently, the existing SDN
(Software Defined Network) implementations didn't fit Microsoft's plans
for the ACS (Azure Cloud Switch), so they decided to roll their own
infrastructure. No explanation why they settled on Linux.
Its own Linux-based operating system called Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) and believe me, under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has become more open than ever.
Its own Linux-based operating system called Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) and believe me, under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has become more open than ever.
The
Purpose of developing Linux-based Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) operating system at
Microsoft is to make it simpler to control the hardware from multiple
vendors (such as Switches) that powers their cloud-based services.
However, Microsoft's Linux
distribution is not going to appear on Desktops or Servers anytime soon,
because this isn't a typical consumer-grade Operating System.
For Now, Azure Cloud Switch
(ACS) Linux OS is just an internal tool that Microsoft uses to "debug,
fix as well as test software bugs much faster", scale down software
and develop features for enterprise and cloud computing services.
Microsoft Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) was demonstrated at the SIGCOMM conference in August 2015 at Imperial College London.
Microsoft Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) was demonstrated at the SIGCOMM conference in August 2015 at Imperial College London.
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