You could use mySQL. Its free and easy to install on Linux.
Johnny
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jarek Skreta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 22 March 2001 15:10
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: RE: Orion on RedHat
>
> Russ,
>
> Thanks for the news. I was hoping that this set up would work as it is
> easy to get relatively cheap hosting based on RaQ and Linux.
>
> One more question, if that's OK: at the moment we are doing without a
> database (information is stored in XML files). However, we may need to get
> one at some point. Which database system (low cost) would work OK in this
> configuration?
>
> Many thanks again.
>
> Jarek
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 22 March 2001 14:10
> > To: Orion-Interest
> > Subject: RE: Orion on RedHat
> >
> > This actually sounds like a good setup for what you want to do.
> >
> > I have setup many site for non-profits with a setup similar to
> > what you are doing.
> >
> > Using Linux in such an environment is a great idea because you
> > can set it up like a hands off appliance, and it is very cost effective.
> >
> > you could actually get by with less then a gig of HD space but
> > the more the better.
> >
> > as far as RAM 64-128 meg has work fine for me even on busy sites.
> > 256 meg to 1+ gig is great but not generally necessary for small sites.
> >
> > Get the new sun JDK and not IBM's as IBM's is prone to crash.
> >
> > Use the newest version of Orion if you are going to be doing any
> > EJB 2.0 experimenting.
> >
> > Have fun!!!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:06 AM
> > To: Orion-Interest
> > Subject: Orion on RedHat
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > We are planning for a budget (read 'cheap') deployment of a
> > website running on Orion for a charity. We're thinking about
> > RedHat Linux 6 on a Cobalt RaQ3 server. Does anybody has any
> > experience of running Orion on such kit? What resources (RAM,
> > etc.) should a single server have in order to run it comfortably
> > (it is just an informational web site with limited traffic)?
> >
> > Many thanks for your
> >
> > Jarek
> >
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