Re: 2003 Server vs. Linux

From: moma (moma_at_example.net)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:24:35 +0200

Hello,

someoneelse wrote:
> Suppose I have a machine with 2Gigs of RAM, 3Gig Processor and 100G Raid.

  I would love to have that box :)

> I'd like to start a hosting business with an online automated sign up form.
> Would I be better off running Linux/Apache/PHP or Windows 2003
> Server/IIS/dotnet?
>
> Which could host more domains?

?

> Which would require less maintenance hours?

Linux is very stable so rebooting and downtime is next to nothing.

Most package upgrades and updates require you to restart the service (or
program) only. This is not the case for kernel-updates ((unless you
install the kexec)).

>
> Which would cost less?

Linux.

>
> Which would require less development time?

Linux is really a developer's dream; stable and flexible with lotsa tools.

But of course - no matter what OS - one need to know dev. tools and the
implementation language well.

> What should I do?

Go for Fedora-Core-2 which is an ideal server and dev. system with large
number of supporters. It is also very great on Desktop !

I use currently Mandrake-10-Official Linux (on only 700MZ, 512MB box!),
but it runs very smoothly in deed. It has a normal office workstation
configuration with multi-media stuff. It has also compilers (GCC/g++)
and Python for occasional sw development.

I've actually never rebooted it because of errors or crash.
Some rare applications have misbehaved but the Linux core has never
given after.

You may visit the
http://www.futuredesktop.org/how2burn.html
Read and follow the "mirror site" link to ...

> Thanks for any comments ;-)

Good luck,
   // moma
      http://www.futuredesktop.org/how2burn.html

I enclose some additional pointers to (hopefully) relevant issues.

Apache:
http://www.apache.org/ http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/
http://apacheworld.org/ http://incubator.apache.org/projects

PHP:
http://no2.php.net/manual/en/langref.php
http://www.phpfreaks.com/

CMS (Content Management Systems):
http://www.opensourcecms.com/

http://www.phpnuke.org/

http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/ http://www.phpws.de/

http://www.midgard-project.org/

http://www.zope.org/ http://cmf.zope.org/
http://www.zope.org/Members/teyc/ZGDChart
http://www.zopenewbies.net/
http://www.zopezen.org/

http://www.e107.org/

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/

http://www.ez.no/ http://ez.no/developer

http://masonhq.com/

http://perl.apache.org/

http://www.globalmoxie.com/moxie/bigmedium/index.shtml?r=fm-gen-1

http://drupal.org/

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