> Hello All, > I am new to the Linux world and have a few questions. I currently have a > small (miniscule) consulting group that needs a system that can mimic our > web hosting service provider so we can further develop our site. We do not > currently intend to have this system as a web server. We have a 1999 > Gateway Pentium III system with the following characteristics: > * 320 MB of RAM > * 10 GB Western Digital hard drive > * Promise Ultra ATA/66 hard drive controller > * CD/DVD ROM optical disk (it cannot write to disk) > * D-LINK DFE-530TX+ Ethernet card > * Windows XP > > We are planning to reconfigure the system to: > * Same 320 MB of RAM > * Replace the 10 GB drive with a Western Digital Caviar 40 GB Ultra > ATA/100 hard drive > * Replace the Ultra/66 controller with a Promise Ultra ATA/100 TX2 > controller that is backward compatible to our motherboard > * Replace the CD/DVD ROM optical disk with an AOpen COM5232 > combination CD-RW/DVD ROM drive > * Keep the same Ethernet card > * Run Debian 3.1 (sarge), Apache 1.3, PHP 4.1.1, and MySQL 4.0 > > Does any of this approach make sense to those of you who know Debian? > Would you advise me to run GNOME or KDE instead of staying with BASH? I am > an old coder by heart with experience with BASIC, COBOL, and SAS if this > information helps with your answer. I appreciate any assistance any of you > can give me on this adventure. > Take care, > Ed Paris
Doesn't make sense to me... the expense of duplicating and maintaining a server similar/identical to that of your hosting company is probably far more expensive than it would be to have your hosting company host a second site for you. If it were me, assuming that the hosting provider has all of the functions you need to manage your site properly, I would simply ask them to host a second site for you... perhaps they would even do this for free if you make it clear that this site will not generate any traffic beyond what is needed for modifications and testing. Hell, this way you might even be able to have them simply change the DNS to point to the new site whenever you want to bring it online. My belief is that the less time you waste (not really a waste, for you, but of company time it is) learning linux and trying keep this machine up and running is more time that you can spend developing a better site... outsource the hosting... and I mean all of it. Just one less thing to concern yourself with. Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
