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 1100 Wayne St 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 >>>>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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