> that can run on non-Windows platforms using Mono.
>
I believe there are.
> But you suggested I get a newer computer! That will certainly cost money.
> If
> I did get a newer computer, I suppose I could leave all those things
> running, though.
>
At the point where buying a new computer costs less than wasting time with
an old computer is when you should consider it.
> Wow. There's something wrong with your machine, then. I have a Dell
> Inspiron
> 7500. We got it in late '99, so I guess it's not quite four yet. As I
> said,
> I've upgraded the RAM and disk drive. It takes around 30 seconds to start
> IIS, a single CFMX instance and a single SQL Server instance. I don't have
> a
> lot of databases registered within that instance, and that significantly
> affects SQL Server startup time, in my experience. The largest SQL Server
> database I've worked with locally has been around 7 GB, and that didn't
> take
> any longer to start up.
>
There is no way you can start IIS, CFMX, SQL Server, and be able to get a
request handled in 30 seconds. You may start CFMX either through the
services control panel or a script and it seem to start in less than 30
seconds, but CFMX isn't actually available to serve a request until later.
Further, your first request against CFMX will likely require the compiling
of your source code before the request can be handled resulting in even
great delays. I have an application that takes almost a minute just to
compile.
> In all my time using Windows, I've never once had a problem with any of
> those on my personal computer. Never. I don't run antivirus software,
> either. Of course, I do take precautions - I use Mozilla for web browsing,
> I
> use IP security policy filters to limit inbound access, I don't run as a
> user with administrative rights. For that matter, I haven't had problems
> with those on the servers I configure, but that's irrelevant to our
> current
> discussion.
>
All those precautions --which don't always work-- take time too. What
happens when you need administrative privileges? You have to log out and
then log in as a user with administrative privileges. How long does that
take? With Unix, su is pretty damn fast.
-Matt
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