RE: Re: {bb} Server: Windows vs Solaris

["Kelley, Scott" <Scott.Kelley@disney.com>]

I concur.  While running a bbserver on Windows is arguably easier from an installation and configuration POV, as soon as you want to do much in the way of customization you will wish you were on a *nix.

-sk


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bb@bb4.com [mailto:owner-bb@bb4.com]On Behalf Of Henrik
Storner
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:46 AM
To: bb@bb4.com
Subject: Re: {bb} Server: Windows vs Solaris


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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