I am way behind on this thread....But I can say I ran Windows servers from 1999 - 2008 for almost everything. I have moved everything to Linux in the last 2 years because of the problems I have had with Window's servers. The only system I still have running Windows is our billing server, and that is only because I have not taken the steps to go to a different billing system. I can say that I had at least 2 to 3(most of the time way more) notifications of Windows servers hosting web or mail BEING DOWN EVERY MONTH! Since I started hosting the websites and mail server on Linux in the last two years, I have never had a cell phone alert that anything is down! I have became a follower. I was one of those believers that though M$ was the $hit, wrong answer! The internet world was created on Unix and every server you have on the net should be Unix or a Linux variant!
Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Backend systems 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 <st...@pcswin.com> 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: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] 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: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
