Just wondering if someone can speak to experience here...
I'm setting up a program which will run on Apache/mySQL/PHP...
I have 2 questions concerning the rest of the setup...
Will I gain what I'll spend learning Linux using Linux instead of Windows (I'm thinking 2000Pro or XP Pro)?
I know linux well enough to get it up and running, and to install the webserver, mySQL/PHP etc, to program in it, setup basic securities, all of that (I'm godawful at installing programs onto it though, at the moment)...
But I'm going to need to put this box in several client sites, setup a tape backup, be able to remotely access the box over dialup and/or internet... things I'm just worried right now might be easier to buy for windows boxes than for linux or unix (I'm definately open to learning OpenBSD for this as well)...
I also know enough to know all the stability and security of linux is only true when you do it right, it's not some out of the box miracle.
Further, we're only talking about maybe 20 simultaneous connections to this server.
Second question... Will I gain much using SCSI drives over IDE in either performance/reliability or both?
Thanks for any information... I'm super curious and excited here, but trying to keep my head on my shoulders and ask for advice when I'm not certain.
Sorry if this seems like the wrong forum... but I ask it here, because my specific performance questions are all about mySQL, I'm just informing you as to what the reasons NOT to use linux/unix are, and wondering if given my setup there're more convincing reasons to.
-Rob
I'm setting up a program which will run on Apache/mySQL/PHP...
I have 2 questions concerning the rest of the setup...
Will I gain what I'll spend learning Linux using Linux instead of Windows (I'm thinking 2000Pro or XP Pro)?
I know linux well enough to get it up and running, and to install the webserver, mySQL/PHP etc, to program in it, setup basic securities, all of that (I'm godawful at installing programs onto it though, at the moment)...
But I'm going to need to put this box in several client sites, setup a tape backup, be able to remotely access the box over dialup and/or internet... things I'm just worried right now might be easier to buy for windows boxes than for linux or unix (I'm definately open to learning OpenBSD for this as well)...
I also know enough to know all the stability and security of linux is only true when you do it right, it's not some out of the box miracle.
Further, we're only talking about maybe 20 simultaneous connections to this server.
Second question... Will I gain much using SCSI drives over IDE in either performance/reliability or both?
Thanks for any information... I'm super curious and excited here, but trying to keep my head on my shoulders and ask for advice when I'm not certain.
Sorry if this seems like the wrong forum... but I ask it here, because my specific performance questions are all about mySQL, I'm just informing you as to what the reasons NOT to use linux/unix are, and wondering if given my setup there're more convincing reasons to.
-Rob