Just FYI... We use linux and windows. They all run for years without problems. Not sure what you guys are doing to cause any server to have problems once a week but its your problem not windows. Most likely hardware or lack of understanding of the person managing it.
Its silly to think any main stream OS is incapable of operating properly and reliably. I use and support both OSs so don't let this spin out of control to an OS discussion. Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 ---------------------------------------- From: "Scottie Arnett" <sarn...@info-ed.com> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:35 AM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Backend systems 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! 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