I second the recommendation for Linux or BSD though I'd likely go with RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 if vendor support was important to me or with CentOS Linux if it weren't.
Slackware takes a little more time for a newbie to get up to speed on. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Res Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 6:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Any Thoughts on using a Windows DNS server for Public facing versus a DNS Appliance? On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We are having a debate as to whether we should deploy Windows DNS > servers > for public facing request versus using a DNS Appliance solution. We Save yourself a lot of money and install, Slackware Linux or Free/OpenBSD, for that few domains you could use a low end desktop PC with 64megs RAM if you needed to, although with that little memory I'd use Slackware and not BSD :) However, for hardware reliability, I'd get low end single CPU Dell or HP 1RU servers, DNS is all about memory, so you only need say 2 small scsi disks in Raid 1 with at least 1G memory, try for 2G if you can get it cheap. That solution would allow you to grow into several thousands of domains. The money you save in not paying for m$ OS license or special device, will allow you to buy better hardware, and with the left over cash, a couple of nights out on the town with dinner for 2, and taxi fares to and from.. -- Cheers Res --- Usenet policy, and why I might ignore you --- 1/ GoogleGroups are UDP'd on my nntp server. If you use them, don't waste your time or energy replying to me. 2/ If only cleanfeed filtered out trolls as well as spam, usenet would be a nicer place. ---------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. ----------------------------------
