Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Tim Bowden
On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 14:56 -0400, Gary Watry wrote: Gary, > > Question: > What do I gain by going to Linux? > What do I gain by staying in a Windows Environment? In my experience (Test environment: Dual Xeon, scsi raid arrays, & buckets of ram, Windows server 2003 & RHES4 linux) apache and ma

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Bruce . Bannerman
casionally. Bruce "Gary Watry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20/06/2007 04:56 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Please respond to OSGeo Discussions To "UMN-List-Serve *" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Subject [OSGe

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Gayathri Swaminathan
Hello: I think going Linux way is certainly smarter bet. There is lot of speed up to gain ( which we instantly noticed switching to Linux/Apache) dbox - is client side?! so I dont think it affects your decision on OS Regarding the question on Postgresql/Postgis - you would need both as you men

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Mateusz Loskot
Zachary L. Stauber wrote: > I've found actually that PostGIS runs as stable under Windows as it does > under Linux, and it's easier to install, plus it's more up to date. The > RPM's for Fedora are always six months behind what is available in tgz form. > I couldn't find the information to get

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Leonardo Mateo
On 6/19/07, Zachary L. Stauber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've found actually that PostGIS runs as stable under Windows as it does under Linux, and it's easier to install, plus it's more up to date. You can have a development snapshot built from sources on Linux easier than on Windows. Do you wa

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Zachary L. Stauber
sday, June 19, 2007 1:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux > > On 6/19/07, Gary Watry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone > > > > I need advice from the experts > > > > I am runni

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Zachary L. Stauber
sday, June 19, 2007 1:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux > > On 6/19/07, Gary Watry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone > > > > I need advice from the experts > > > > I am runni

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Landon Blake
se GUI That was a good summary! I don't think you can say it better. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonardo Mateo Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows vers

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Leonardo Mateo
On 6/19/07, Gary Watry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone I need advice from the experts I am running Windows Server 2003 with Apache and Mapserver. I currently have 9 sites running Mapserver The Center wants to move to Linux from SGI I want to run Mapserver with dbox (Steve, dbox run on

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Gary Watry wrote: Hi everyone I need advice from the experts I am running Windows Server 2003 with Apache and Mapserver. I currently have 9 sites running Mapserver To migrate you existing sites, ou will probably need to make some minor changes to you mapfile and tileindexes if you have '\'

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Landon Blake
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Watry Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:57 AM To: UMN-List-Serve *****; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux Hi everyone I need advice from the experts I am running Windows Server 2003 with A

[OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Gary Watry
Hi everyone I need advice from the experts I am running Windows Server 2003 with Apache and Mapserver. I currently have 9 sites running Mapserver The Center wants to move to Linux from SGI I want to run Mapserver with dbox (Steve, dbox run on Linux?) Mapserver as WMS feed to MapBuilder. On t