Andre, Great question.
I can tell you that from a development and support aspect, any platform that you decide to go with will work well. We are working hard to have Witango produce the same output, from the same applications, regardless of platform. You should use what you are most comfortable with. There is, as usual, a few more thoughts that I can share. Some of this is approximate, and some opinion, just a few things to consider. - If you are going to use a Microsoft product, like SQL Server, I would recommend deploying everything on the Windows platform. - Apple has recently discontinued the X-Serve, their rack-mount server, which in my mind brings into question the future of using OS X as a server. - Linux has many distributions, and we will only be validating on a few, so be sure to choose a supported platform. - Witango 6 is a 32-bit Application, but is supported on 64-bit platforms. - CPU and database I/O is key. Witango doesn't use the disk much, and as a 32-bit application, can only address 2 GB of memory. - The Standard edition will not run on computers with more than 4 cores. A larger server would require an Advanced license. - The Advanced edition will allow you to run multiple services on the same server, therefore being able to use more than 2 GB of memory in total. - As we upgrade different parts of the server such as dependencies, compilers, and system calls, some platforms may execute applications better than others. These differences should be short lived, and we will strive to maintain parity among the platforms. - Witango 6 (and versions to come) are focused only on current and future operating systems, DBMS, drivers, etc. You should invest in current technology. Please send an email to [email protected] if you have any specific pre-sales questions. Best, Robert Shubert Tronics Software -----Original Message----- From: Andre Rekhtine [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Witango-Talk: Witango performance metrics Gentlemen. My company is in motion to upgrade our Witango platform up to version 6. However we want use the momentum and formulate an educated decision. Does anyone possess any knowledge in regards Witango performance on different platforms (Mac OSX, Different flavors of Windows or Linux, 64 vs 32 bit?). Perhaps there's a best recommended system configuration for performance/reliability? Can someone recommend a particular platform combination to avoid? All opinions are welcome. Sincerely Andre Rekhtine IT Director, M.Sc., MCSE Moveable Online Inc. +1 (416) 532-5690 [email protected] ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body.
