My husband and partner would like to pick the brains of all the techies on
our list. Those of you who could care less about servers, databases, or the
whole NTvsUnix debate might as well skip this whole message....
--Tamra
>From: "Bruce M. Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: message for web consultants mailing list
>
>I'm putting together specs for two database-backed Web sites that will
>reside on the same server along with a relational database. One of the
>sites is currently getting about a 1,000 user sessions per day (the site is
>currently hosted at an ISP but will be moved to the new server when it's
>ready) and the hope is that the other site will bring in much more than
>that. I'm trying to decide whether to go the UNIX or Windows NT route and
>am pondering how much iron to buy, how much database to spring for, etc.
>Ideally, my client is looking for the lowest-cost solution that still
>performs well and is very stable. My client also would like a solution that
>won't be a dead-end if the Web sites turn out to be very successful.
>
>Sun SPARCstation 5 or Sun Ultra 5S server
>Solaris 2.5 or 2.6 OS
>Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Edition or miniSQL
>Apache Web server
>Perl/DBI for scripting and database connectivity
>
>Cobalt Networks RaQ or Pentium 233
>Linux OS
>Apache Web server
>Lightweight relational database such as mySQL
>Perl/DBI for scripting and database connectivity
>
>Dual-processor Pentium server
>Windows NT Server
>Microsoft SQL Server database
>Microsoft IIS 4.0 Web server
>Microsoft ASP as the scripting language
>
>Any thoughts on performance, reliability, etc.? I'm biased towards Perl and
>UNIX, but maybe NT is really what's best now for the client (my sense is
>that ASP offers better performance than Perl). I've heard through the
>grapevine, though, that NT servers tend to be unstable. The price of
>miniSQL is attractive ($250!), but it doesn't do transactions
>(commit/rollback). I checked the pricing on Oracle and it was fairly
>expensive, plus I've heard that Oracle is difficult to install and
>maintain. Another question is when/whether you have to put the relational
>database on its own dedicated server separate from the machine that's
>running the Web server software.
>
>Reference Sites
>---------------
>http://www.hughes.com.au/ -- miniSQL
>http://www.informix.com/ -- Informix
>http://www.oracle.com/ -- Oracle
>http://www.hermetica.com/technologia/perl/DBI/index.html -- DBI
>http://www.apache.org/ -- Apache Web server
>
>Thx,
>
>--bruce
>
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