Not a flame, but some comments, inline below... -----Original Message----- From: Doug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 4:08 PM To: CF-Server Subject: Re: Web server advice needed
Knowing I will get flamed for this, but here is my suggestion for the project you describe. 1. Hardware: A DELL 8200 1.4 GHz or faster CPU, 1 GIG RAM (ECC type) (2 GIG would be overkill) with their 400 MHz bus. A RAID 5 ATA100 IDE drive set up. This should come in under $2500.00 at current pricing. --I think that RAID5 is a bit much for something that seems to be non-mission critical. Based on the description offered about what this will have to do, RAID5 isn't an absolute necessity (but really fun to play with!). I agree that a desktop machine will do as good as a server if you're not hammering it too hard. 2. Software: Windows 2000 Advanced Server, SP3 IIS 5.0, CF 5.0 Server. and Imail 7.0 for mail server, You can use SQL2000 database, or the open source MySQL 4.0 (free) It will also support PHP, Perl, and a myriad of other things. --Advanced Server works. Might be a bit pricey if you can get away with the regular Server variety. I shy away from SQL Server (I'm an Oracle and MySQL man myself), and if you're worried about budget, you can't beat MySQL on price (MySQL AB does offer commercial support contracts for those who don't like non-supported "free" software). For a web server, I would go with Apache. I've already addressed some issues with it, but I think it is a more secure product than IIS (assuming you keep up with it). If you're really looking for something that will sort of gel together and work like Windows always works, then go with a fully MS box. But you can't go wrong with other products (like the alternatives mentioned above). FWIW, -lincoln ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body or visit the list page at www.houseoffusion.com
