Jeremy, I don't think there's a huge difference in WinTel performance and Linux, given the same hardware. Anyway, your application is so lightweight, it's not really going matter very much. Ease of administration for you and your client will be far more important.
Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Proffitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 September 2003 23:18 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Platform vs. Performance > > > We are currently using an access database going through an odbc > connection in vb.net for our application (which is still in > development). The plan was to use MySQL in the end and we are > needing to cross that bridge. > > I was wondering the Performance differences between running MySQL > on a Linux box vs. a WinTel Platform. The WinTel looks inviting > because we can put in an easy to administrate Windows 98 or XP > Pro box in the corner of our clients office. I would rather not > tackle Linux as I would need file sharing and the ability to > backup and remote administration. > > Pros? Cons? I know the windows box would need a good reboot now > and then and what is the performance hit on a WinTel 98/XP Pro > platform vs Linux? Looking at a 40K record database with maybe > 3 users at a time running 5-10 Large (length of the select > statment is over 500 characters normally) queries at a time. > > Any help is greatly appriciated! > > Thanks! > > Jeremy Proffitt > Computer Programmer, Pearson Appraisal Services, Inc. > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
