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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!usenet From: Bob Bancroft <bobbank@ibm.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Web Server - many questions Date: 1 Aug 1995 18:30:22 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3vlrru$1sgh@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip108-202.nj.us.ibm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Hello. We are considering setting up an access provider in our area, with the main thrust as Web services, from authoring and consulting to publishing, etc. I have some questions that I'd appreciate your input on. First issue is hardware. I've had people tell me to get a big expensive RISC machine to do all the work, and others tell me to get a fleet of Pentium boxes, assigning each one a task. i.e. one does mail, one news, and one or two for web servers vs. a $20,000 SPARC. What do you all think of this? Next is the OS. Windows NT? I know this might be a bad place to bring it up, but it is out there and I must consider my possiblities. It is supposed to be much easier to use, although it is proprietary and young. I don't know. What do you think about it? If UNIX, then which flavor? I have had BSD / BSDI recommended to me several times. I have also heard a lot about Solaris. What are the advantages of each? Is it basically a matter of taste? Thanks a lot for your time. Bob Please send e-mail; bobbank@ibm.net