Who said it auto rebooted?  I had it reboot the machine to apply the
updates.  I've had to reboot Windows servers for all kinds of things,
even installing an application.

I did not mean to reference Windows was slower, but rather required
more administrative time.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
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Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373



On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Scott Reed <[email protected]> wrote:
> So why do you have auto-update turned on?  Why do you allow it to reboot
> the machine?
> This doesn't sound as much like a Windows issue as a SysAdmin issue.
> I have run a data center for a Fortune 100 company.  We did a huge
> amount of real-time data collection using Windows applications to gather
> and Oracle on Unix to store.  Can't say that we spent more time with one
> platform than the other.
>
> On 12/7/2010 1:32 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>> I'm sure many share my experience, similarly or identically.
>>
>> I have several Linux servers (http, monitoring, mysql/php, etc).
>> Never an issue with any of them.
>>
>> One Windows server - for ONLY Quickbooks.  I have issues with it at
>> least once a week.  Updates reboot it and configuration is lost.
>> Rights to add a printer for the CPA.  Rights for IE's security
>> permissions.  Disk filled up with 10 gigabytes of Windows junk
>> (updates I'm guessing).  It's just a mess.
>>
>> Defend Windows as much as you want, but you can't deny Windows servers
>> tend to cost more time.
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Steve Barnes<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>> Very Well Said Mark Nash.  All servers, OS, and software have a learning 
>>> Curve.  I know nothing of Linux.  Not because the desire is not there, the 
>>> time isn't.  There are things that I could manage better with a few free 
>>> apps and Linux servers.  But to this point at<700 clients I haven't needed 
>>> it and I will be looking into that in the future.
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve Barnes
>>> RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>>> Behalf Of Mark Nash
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 12:04 PM
>>> To: WISPA General List
>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Backend systems
>>>
>>> Nice Shane... How about a server with no NIC.  Now THAT would be a secure 
>>> server, mostly.  But what if a user got to the keyboard?  Pull the power 
>>> supply, now they'll surely not be able to break in... WAIT!
>>> There's still data on the hard drive!  Better erase that...
>>>
>>> Dude, this is meant to be in jest, and to make a point.  I don't currently 
>>> run any Windows servers due to the engineer that we had in our office 
>>> (which we now don't have so we have to rely on outside consultants for 
>>> Linux expertise).  But I ran on them for the first 7 years with our mail 
>>> server, web server, DNS servers, etc.
>>>
>>> Anyway...
>>>
>>> Flame on about Windows servers, people, but the small business world runs 
>>> on them.  For those of you who own your WISPs and don't know anything about 
>>> servers, don't listen to sensational hype.  Take a sensible and tactical 
>>> approach and do what's right for your business.
>>> Any server is just a tool.  Pluses&  minuses.  You have to do a 
>>> cost/benefit analysis with a server just as you would which kind of radio 
>>> to use in the field, or who to hire to answer your phones.
>>>
>>> On 12/7/2010 7:47 AM, Shane MacDonald wrote:
>>>> I get scared when I hear "Windows" and "Software" in the same sentence.
>>>> Then when you add "Server" I usually run.
>>>>
>>>> Shane MacDonald
>>>> KP Performance Antennas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7-Dec-10, at 8:11 AM, Curtis Maurand wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We used Rodopi.  If you can handle the fact that its Windows and
>>>>> ASP.NET and MSSQL server, its OK.  It works very well and very
>>>>> configurable.  We had it set up on Windows Small Business Server,
>>>>> that is the version with MSSQL server.
>>>>>
>>>>> For what its worth.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Curtis
>>>>>
>>>
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