[Reply is OT] On 5/24/05, Paul Schock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My org is looking to do a little network revamping and our first step is > take down our older Microsoft DNS servers and replace them with something a > little more stable and secure. Unfortunately, we do not have the money to > run out and buy all new servers, we happen to have a couple extra apple > machines left-over from our art dept (Fairly nice G4 and G3); I was curious > to know if anyone here had experience running a DNS server (specifically > BIND) using the apple architecture? Would you recommend yellowdog for this
YDL should function AOK as a DNS/BIND server. If you're comfortable with 100% CLUI installs you'll find NetBSD to be a good solution as well (basically any stable *nix should do). Anyway, here's the off-topic thought (may or may not apply to your situation). Oftentimes orgs try to "re-use" old hardware by running Linux/BSD to save a bit of cash. When you consider the expense of salaries related to setting up the "free" software I suspect it would've often been cheaper to buy a "solution" and install it rather than setting it up yourself. If your salary is an item, you may find that it'd be more cost-effective to buy the latest OS X server for the G4 or a used OS X server CD for the G3 (of course, in the short-sighted world of many managers, it's far more acceptable to "waste" salaries than to waste "money" (how they differ I don't understand but it seems managers do... I guess that's why they're managers ;-)... for e.g., to get a piece $200 piece of software or hardware to improve the efficiency of my work (data manipulation & stats analysis) I'd have to jump through thousands of dollars of purchasing requests (salaries spent assessing requests)... likewise, if my employer spent $500 on each employee with a computer they'd undoubtedly achieve efficiencies that would result in a very rapid payback on investment... ah well, that's why I'm not management (yet ;-). Eric. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
