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What big advantages have you to use Solaris instead of Windows?
My company is a middle-size company with six locations, 40+ server, and 400+ network users. Now all servers use Windows 2000/2003 as OS and all users use Windows XP/2000/98 as OS. Now I have a chance to think if I should try Solaris for a new server. Please advice.
1. What big advantages have you to use Solaris instead of Windows? (please do not tell me because your company is a large company or it was the way when you joined your company, but tell me from technology perspective.)
2. Which area is a good start for Solaris, for example, file server, web server, email server (I am using exchange 5.5/2000), or other?
3. Any other input?
Thanks in advance
1. What big advantages have you to use Solaris instead of Windows? (please do not tell me because your company is a large company or it was the way when you joined your company, but tell me from technology perspective.)
2. Which area is a good start for Solaris, for example, file server, web server, email server (I am using exchange 5.5/2000), or other?
3. Any other input?
Thanks in advance
In my experience, the sweet spot for Solaris is generally in the "other" category--in particular, application servers running an application that lives directly in the OS (i.e. not in the J2EE server or database). I once worked for a company that sold several such products, and the tools for monitoring applications and (especially) troubleshooting crashes were much better for Solaris than Windows or any other platform. Not surprisingly our products were more stable and scalable on Solaris as a result. This is especially true of newer and/or less widely-deployed applications (that is to say, those that are most likely not to have had all the bugs shaken out).
what should this (Solaris) server do?
if you only run M$ application you better keep your homogenous network
if you only run M$ application you better keep your homogenous network
you have very few virus ...
.. AFAIK none ;-)
(not talking about trojans, worms)
(not talking about trojans, worms)
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> A directory service shouldn't be master-slave, it should be multi-master.
SunONE aka Java Enterprise 5.2 is multi-master (and even can be tweaked to serve AD:-))
SunONE aka Java Enterprise 5.2 is multi-master (and even can be tweaked to serve AD:-))
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ahoffman,
Glad to hear they've made that change. Last time I looked at it (which was right before Netscape sold it to Sun) it was the master-slave model.
Of course, the cynic in me asks if its REALLY multi-master. AD claims to be multi-master but it isn't (gee, imagine that, Bill Gates lying). I hope that Sun made theirs truly multi-master and included important things like timesync and partitioning.
Glad to hear they've made that change. Last time I looked at it (which was right before Netscape sold it to Sun) it was the master-slave model.
Of course, the cynic in me asks if its REALLY multi-master. AD claims to be multi-master but it isn't (gee, imagine that, Bill Gates lying). I hope that Sun made theirs truly multi-master and included important things like timesync and partitioning.
PsiCop have a look at http:#Q_20554775.html (check the date, if you like:)
and about AD, I've seen admins kicking off "so-called LDAP", right after a ldifde.exe followed by a ldapmodyfy on true multi-master systems,they have fun now, instead of waiting for unsatisfied LDAP queries ;-)
and about AD, I've seen admins kicking off "so-called LDAP", right after a ldifde.exe followed by a ldapmodyfy on true multi-master systems,they have fun now, instead of waiting for unsatisfied LDAP queries ;-)