[Cialug] Web services platform

[Josh More]

I recommend SUSE Enterprise Linux with either Enterprise DB or Oracle. 
 
SUSE Enterprise is backed by Novell both financially and for support. 
Having needed to compare both Novell and Red Hat support, I can tell you

that Novell wins hands down.  Additionally, having taken both the Red
Hat 
and the Novell certifications, they are technically comparable. 
 
For the database, I feel that Postgresql wins hands-down over mysql 
due to the feature set.  Enterprise DB is just postgresql with support. 
The company has not, however, been around that long.  Depending on 
your need, you may want to consider going with Oracle's new free 
database.  It is full Oracle and not crippled in function.  It is,
however, 
crippled in scalability.  However, for PHP+Apache, it should do just
fine. 
(Free as in beer, not speech) 
 
Lastly, I would caution against Sun.  I have no issues with their
technology. 
However, from a business perspective, I personally feel that they are 
ripe for acquisition in the next few years. Hence, I would not bet my
company's 
future direction on them. 
 
 



-- 
-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP
morej at alliancetechnologies.net
515-245-7701

>>>jcbailey at code0.net 11/28/05 5:39 pm >>>
I'm currently working on a PHP+Apache2+SomeDB project at the company I
work
for. We're primarily a Windows shop, but Unix could make it also. The
biggest issue is support for whatever platform is chosen. Personally, my
experience is with Debian/Ubuntu, but as far as I know, both don't have
major commercial backers (yes, I know Ubuntu has one, but how long have
they
been around)?

I'm pretty much looking for everyones opinions on what experiences they
have
had with the following *nix/DBs. I'm leaning to Solaris 10/Postgres, but
that is new ground for me. What does everyone think about this? Best
support
cost vs support offered is important also..

* Windows 2000/2003
* RHEL
* SUSE Enterprise Linux
* Solaris 10

* PostgreSQL
* MS-SQL
* MySQL


Jon



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