On Friday 26 April 2002 17:54, Art Fore wrote:
A couple of us at work have convinced our IT guy to look at Linux for the DNS server. We have, unfortunately, at Win2k network with 1 server for DNS, 1 for Microsoft Exchange, 1 for IIS webserver, Oracle 8i database server, and 3 file servers. At one time we had exchange and DNS on the same server and it would crash regularly, usually about once a week. Exchange was put on another server by itself, now either exchange or the DNS crashes every 2 to 3 weeks. For awhile, the DNS was crashing every week. You could access some websites on the internet, but not all.
heh
Question is, can you run linux server with both DNS and a mail service, or Apache webserver on one machine and not have the problems that Win2K does with this type setup? We are a small company with 7 servers and about 50 clients.
How loudly can I scream yes? :) Linux could handle that standing on its head. The OS isn't the problem, it can handle a small/medium-sized installation like yours without problems. Hardware could become a bottleneck, but on a scale like what you're talking about I doubt it. I've set up systems like that myself, and around the net you can find thousands of success stories about just such a scenario. Anders