Re: {bb} Server: Windows vs Solaris

[Henrik Storner <henrik-bb@hswn.dk>]

In <27ae9216040908053128b00f5b@mail.gmail.com> Shane Presley <shane.presley@gmail.com> writes:

>Our hosts to monitor will be roughly 75% Solaris and 25% Windows.  But
>for a management server, I would prefer Windows, since I'm not a Unix
>SA.  But are there any downsides to running the server on Windows? 
>Any features missing?

As a long-time Unix fanatic I am obviously biased - no doubt about
that.

However, I do believe it is fair to say that there are advantages in
running the BB server on Unix (solaris, linux, FreeBSD or whatever
flavour you prefer). 

The core functionality of BB - what you get when you install the
package you get from Quest or bb4.com - is the same. But the number of
enhancements, tweaks, add-ons etc. available for a Unix-BB
installation is much higher than what you'll find for a Windows BB
system. In part, this is because the Unix version of BB is shipped as
scripts that you can modify to your liking, whereas the Windows server
package is a non-modifiable binary program.

Regards,
Henrik
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