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My reason's for the move would be performance,security and flexibility in that order. I am currently looking at "At&t", they have a program that gives you control of the server and it sounds like they offer great system monitoring and performance. Technical support looks to be minimal when it comes to any thing I install on the system.
Its a Linux system with Apache. I don't know a thing about Linux and have minimal experience with Apache. How difficult would these be to learn and which is more important.
I would appreciate some feed-back on the kinds of things I should be looking at and what kinds of problems I should expect before I make a move.
Last thing I want to do is kill a growing business.
(edited by: David at 2:40 am (gmt) on Oct. 30, 2001
Do you mean Linux?
If I were in your shoes I would pick an old machine and install Linux on it and Apache, play around with it for a little while, and once I was comfy with the ins and outs move on to a "live" server. This is especially true if the server provider does not include much tech support, you'll be pulling your hair out in no time. Once you become familiar with the operating system (Linux) and the web server (Apache) you will find the advantages of having a server at your disposal very worthwhile, the flexibility and potential to host many sites at a relatively fixed cost alone make it worthwhile. IMO of course.
Would you say that Apache is the most important to learn or would you say that they are equal.
I think your advice is solid, I am just impatient and the full service dedicated plans are just to much money. Any advice on which big fat books to buy?
I would say that Linux is the most important to learn, I mean you could know Apache inside out but would have no way of installing it and customizing it without getting to know Linux. Also there will be many other softwares you will eventually want to install and use (MySql, PHP, Perl, etc.), you will probably want to set up cron jobs (scheduled tasks) to manage processes on the server, add new sites, create directory structures and so on, obviously not possible without getting familiar with Linux. Once you get the basics of Linux down, then I would change my answer to say they are equally important.
As for fat books, I don't know, it depends on how you learn best, there's a ton of info on the net for everything Linux and Apache, also the act of simply installing Linux on a machine and "playing around" setting some install goals which you can work your way through would probably give you a chance to learn pretty quickly (really it isn't that tough, especially if you have any DOS experience).
If you really must own a fat book :) the "Using LINUX" series by QUE publishing [quepublishing.com] should provide most of the info you need for Linux and Apache.
Just got back from the Linux site! If I use the dual boot system and install Linux on my current machine will that work as well ?
When I get this done. I will have to get a Penguin shirt and coffee mug!
Thanks Again
Yeah absolutely, just backup any important stuff (just in case you run into a problem), otherwise it will work fine with dual boot as long as windows is installed first and you have some free space available for partioning.
>When I get this done. I will have to get a Penguin shirt and coffee mug!
Long live the Penguin!
