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The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), Beaverton, Ore., a global consortium of leading technology companies dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, has debuted a major upgrade of its Scalable Test Platform (STP) enterprise-grade testing services for the Linux kernel.
"Linux is increasingly seen running critical applications," said Dan Kusnetzky, vice president of system software research at industry analyst firm IDC. "As these workloads become more complex, tools, such as STP, could be a valuable addition to an organization's test environment."
Introduced in 2001, STP is available online and free-of-charge to qualified developers through the OSDL Web site at www.osdl.org. STP provides a set of test suites on a wide range of hardware platforms for validating changes to code in the Linux kernel, automatically tracking performance and quantifying stability. For example, STP makes it possible for enterprises to test patches and company- specific Linux systems for stability and performance prior to production deployment.
The latest release of STP, version 3.0, broadens the range of features to help developers simulate real-world data center...