Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Substitute Linux by MacOS???
From: Jesse Swensen (jrs@pagesz.net)
Date: Sun Feb 08 1998 - 17:48:04 EST
At 10:53 PM +0100 2/8/98, Oliver Wrede wrote:
>Hi everybody.
>
>We want to substitute a Linux box by an MacOS-Server! These here are
>our main services and our plans to substitute Mac software. I don't
>have any experiences with this services on Mac and I wnat to know if
>anybody can comment on it (bad/good, do's/dont's, etc)
>
>LINUX: --> APPLE:
>
>WWW (Apache) WWW (Apache / WebTen)
>Mail (Sendmail) Stalker Internet Mail Server
>FTP FTP (NetPresence/WebTen)
>Majordomo MacJordomo
>PHP (???)
>MySQL FileMaker Pro + Lasso/Tango
>Telnet (???)
>PPP (analog + digital) VICOM Internet Gateway
>FTP-Spiegelung FTP-Client + AppleScript
>WWW based Newsgroup (???)
>Netatalk (TCP/IP) not needed
>
>The MacOS Server is supposed to deal with 400-600 Users in a network of
>aprox. 30 Macs and 5-10 PCs. We need IMAP support to accomplish this.
>
>I am currently unsure if a MacOS machine is a reliable application for
>this task. If anybody here think I should not use MacOS, I would
>appreciate some advice/experience reports...
First, let me say that I am a Mac Bigot. I have been a Mac
consultant/programmer/evangelist since the Mac Plus days and am currently
active with Macs. I love Macs and think they have the best user interface.
But, that's just it, a user interface. If you don't need one don't use it.
To replace all the above services, you will need several Macs. But if you
are intent on changing, here is my choices:
>WWW (Apache) StarNine WebStar (Best commercial
>Web Server)
>Mail (Sendmail) StarNine Mail and MailLink
>Gateways (Use to be owned my MS but they gave it up for NT/Exchange. I
>think StarNine is better.)
>FTP NetPresence
>Majordomo StarNine ListStar
>PHP Take a look at 4th Dimension. It
>is it's own database and has a great development environment and can be a
>front end or even a Web Server.
>MySQL 4th Dimension
>Telnet Telnet (NCSA Telnet)
>PPP (analog + digital) I am not familiar with a good
>solution (Not that there isn't one)
>FTP-Spiegelung Fetch
>WWW based Newsgroup (???)
Understand that WebStar, Mail and 4th Dimension will each need their own
Machine to get the same kind of performance you get from a Linux box. If I
had a choice, I would use the Linux box for the services that you don't
need a user interface for like Pop Mail, web server/PHP, etc... and Leave
the Macs to do what they do best, interface with the user.
Jesse
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