Hey, Below are the results of the survey I sent out a couple weeks back. Thanks again for all your responses. --Joshua > 1. How many dynamic web requests do you serve per month? > [8] up to 10M pages > [5] 10M - 100M pages > [ ] 100M - 1G pages > [ ] more than 1 gig pages > > 2. How many servers do you have handling requests, disregarding > network infrastructure. > [7] 1 - 5 > [ ] 6 - 10 > [2] 11 - 20 > [1] 20 - 50 > [ ] 50+ > > 3. Do you out source ... ( if only willing to in next year, mark with [W] ) > [6] data center facilities like Exodus ( bandwidth, security, > fire suppression, cooling ) > [1] networking equipment ( LAN routing, switches, firewalls, > web cluster front ends like alteons, cache servers ) > [4] server hardware > [ ] server software management > [1] security ( firewalls, network monitoring, host monitoring ) > [1] backups ( tape, network share, rotating off site storage ) > [ ] file shares ( NFS, Samba space ) > [1] high volume email > [1] high volume DNS > [1] network service monitoring > [ ] geographically distributed DNS > [1] streaming media, content distribution, like Akamai > [1] network service load testing > > 4. What is your web production budget per month? > [6] up to $5,000 > [1] $5,000 - $10,000 > [ ] $10,000 - $20,000 > [1] $20,000 - $50,000 > [3] over $50,000 > > 5. Which web deployment issues are most important to your business? > [7] cost > [7] scalability > [5] fault tolerance, over 99.99% uptime > [2] time to market > [1] physical access to hardware & data > [3] network engineering expertise > [4] web engineering expertise > > 6. Would you be willing to out source the above services to facilities in: > [5] Los Angeles, CA > [5] San Francisco, CA > [5] San Diego, CA > [7] New York, NY > [5] Austin, TX > [5] Seattle, WA > [4] London > [5] Amsterdam > [1] Paris > Also, 1 for Pittsburg > 7. What OS's do you run in web production? > [12] Linux > [2] Solaris > [1] WinNT / Win2000 > [3] *BSD > [ ] Other > [3] Could you switch? > > 8. Are you currently a ... > [10] Engineer / Sysadmin / Developer > [4] Manager > [4] Consultant > > 9. What databases are you using? > [9] MySQL > [3] Oracle > [2] Sybase > [4] PostgreSQL > [1] Informix > [ ] DB2 > [3] Could you switch? > > 10. What does your database require: > [10] Speed > [4] Transactions > [4] Clustering / Fault Tolerance > [5] Clustering / Scalability > [3] Database logic, i.e. triggers, procedures > [2] Database integrity, i.e. referential constraints > > 11. What are your web development languages? > [12] Perl > [2] Java > [2] C/C++ > [ ] Python > [ ] Other > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]