If "reliability" is important, why not move to Linux !!! It is rock solid. I have run my web servers on Linux and migrate my desktop OS to Linux for more than 7 years without any reliability problem.
So, web server software : 1. Fedora 11 Linux X86_64 : free of charge DB software : 2. PostgreSQL or MySQL Cluster : free of charge You can save the still 1,000+ software license charge for even better hardware. Both PostgreSQL and MySQL performs much better than MS SQL. Regards, Raymond. On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 20:31 -0500, George Woltman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:05 PM, John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> wrote: > >> Weird... Enterprise is $160 > > > > In the business world, Data Center Edition is like $5000 or more (based > > on number of processor chips), and is only available preinstalled on > > qualified equipment. > > Enterprise Edition is $2000-2500 > > Microsoft makes their software available at a very, very low price > to 501c3 organizations. See techsoup.org. > > > Brian Beuning wrote: > > C. My personal opinion is Dell is not a "reasonable cost" solution. > > (We built one DB server for much less than a Dell machine. > > Of course home built may not be as reliable. The requirements list > > cost as more important than reliable.) > > I think most GIMPS users view reliability as quite important - especially > after the great GIMPS server crash of October 2008. I'd be happy > to price similar systems from other vendors - any recommendations? > _______________________________________________ > Prime mailing list > Prime@hogranch.com > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime > _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list Prime@hogranch.com http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
