Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:09:06 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: BSDi Acquired by Embedded Computing Firm Wind River Message-ID: <001f01c0c36a$e627eda0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010412061155.B251809@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
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Note that in my original daffynition of desktop and server, I didn't say anything about the relative power of the two systems. You sould put the Apache server on the system in which it makes most sense. You might, for example, put it on the system which will be switched on all of the time, rather than the most powerful one, just so that it's available to multiple systems. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Duke Normandin >Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 5:12 AM >To: Mike Meyer >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: BSDi Acquired by Embedded Computing Firm Wind River > > >On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:49:24PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: >> Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> types: >> > In "How Networks Work", by F.J. Derfler, Jr. and Les Freed, Chap. 18, >> > "Server-Based LANs", the authors refer to the PCs hung off the >Server as >> > Clients. In Part 5 "Workgroup Applications", they point out >that "the term >> > client/server has a slightly different context..." -- which I >understand! >> > For example, Apache(web server) running on the Server; Netscape(web >> > client/browser) running on a Client. mySQL(server) on the >Server; a CGI >> > script on the Client. Am I close? >> >> CGI scripts run on the server, not the client. JavaScript runs on the >> client. > >You bet... I knew that! ;) I meant a CGI script invoked from the Client. > >> > To complicate the issue ;) .... I suppose that "server" >software doesn't >> > necessarly *have* to be running on the "Server". It could just >as well be >> > running on a big-buck Workstation-- no? >> >> Or an el-cheapo box built out of spare parts. I have one server on a >> book pc, just to conserve space. > >This I know first-hand ;) What I meant was -- given a small home, >Server-based LAN (a FBSD gateway box, a win9x box and another FBSD box) >where the FBSD gateway box is performing as a Server by-and-large -- >there is no reason why Apache could not be transfered to the 2nd FBSD box >is there - even though it was being used more as a "desktop" than as a >"Server"? > >> > Now... for the distinction you make (above) between Windows and Unix -- >> > say that I have a win95 box hung off a FreeBSD gateway box, the latter >> > sporting Apache and mySQL. Throw in a third box into this LAN >- a FreeBSD >> > "Client" with StarOffice, Netscape, Mutt and a few odds an >ends. I build >> > a private Website to be served on the "gateway"/"Server" box by >> > Apache/mySQL. What differences would I observe when I accessed the >> > Website from the win95 box compared to accessing same from the FreeBSD >> > "desktop" box? Netscape on the FreeBSD box, and IE on the win95 box are >> > both "presentation"/"client" apps. So where's the diff? I'm not seeing >> > something I'm sure! >> >> The difference is that the FreeBSD client will be more stable, >> reliable, and deliver better bang/buck. Having helped run some fairly >> large Unix installations, I'd say that Ted's characterization of Unix >> workstations is flawed. The only real difference between using Unix on >> the desktop - even FreeBSD - and using Windows is the applications >> selections. > >I understand! ;^) Thanks for the input and clarification. >-- >-duke > >Calgary, Alberta, Canada > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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