Must be. Everything runs faster on Linux... ;D On 07/13/2010 11:38 AM, Dan Goldberg wrote: > I have heard the network performance with Rbase on Linux is much faster. Is > that true?? > > Dan Goldberg > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul > InterlockInfo > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:28 AM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Off Topic ... Suggestion for networks > > Might suggest 'Vipre' which really started out as a suggestion from Emmitt > D. I have been using them for a year now and no problems yet(and thank you > again Emmitt). Now I will admit my production server is Linux. But I do > use it also on a Windows 2008 Server. Just not as much activity hitting the > MS-Server. > > Sincerely, > Paul D > www.SystemNets.com > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Croson > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:18 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Off Topic ... Suggestion for networks > > Since some are wading in with comments, I'll add my own. > > The server that shares resources may also suffer from the IRPStackSize > bug present in all versions of Windows: http://winhlp.com/node/40 > > In my experience, this problem doesn't often appear in the logs until > server resources are nearly exhausted. As noted in the post, Symantec > Endpoint Protection (my server...) will show these signs. Redirecting > PST's to network locations on your server will also mitigate this problem. > > I agree with Dan about network equipment. Cisco tends to be my choice > for new and upgrading customers. > > AV CAN be a resource hog, but all good enterprise AV software not only > allows you to exclude files and folders, but also processes and network > ports. I also usually disable XP firewall from GPO, falling back to AV > network sniffing which is usually smarter. > > My standard XP machine never get's ordered without less than 2gb of RAM. > I'm sure Win7 will double that requirement. > > I have scripts that run on my managed domains that reboot machines > daily, do a light defrag daily and major on the weekends. The same > routine with scheduling light AV scans during off hours, and full scans > on the weekends. > > You might also use the excellent and easy to manage hosts file offered > up here: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm . This helps block > most problematic sites by redirecting to the localhost. > > HTH > > > > >
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