in HFT trading should I upgrade from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012?
- by javapowered
I'm using HP DL360p Gen8 + Windows Server 2008 R2 for HFT trading.
That means that every 10 microseconds is important for me. I do understand that if I need everything to be so fast I probably should consider using Linux. But in this post I want to compare only Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012.
I've found in internet couple articles that suggest how to tune Windows Server 2012 for low latency
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/jj248719
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831415.aspx
Most part of optimizations from these articles apply only to Windows Server 2012 and can not be used on Windows Server 2008 R2.
So now I think that as I can optimize Windows Server 2012 for low latency, probaly I should upgrade? After optimizations how much faster windows server 2012 would be (ideally in microseconds :)?