Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:51:06 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "Ed Scott" <ed@wickiup.com>, "Ed Scott" <edscott@worldnet.att.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Suggestions for a project Message-ID: <00063011530203.00315@dannyh.freebsd.org> References: <000701bfe1d8$be6c0900$0c32fea9@wolf>
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Checkout MySQL and Php3 www.mysql.org www.php.net Check out Cold Fusion www.alliare.com You can run the CF on FreeBSD 4.0 On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Ed Scott wrote: > We need some advice for a system that we may get to build. It should run > through a browser. An automated task in C/C++ and PERL would collect > numerical data, process it and convert the result into GIF or PNG images. > This collection and processing task might run once a day or several times > per day depending on the source of data. The image files will be very > small. We have heard that MySQL would be a good choice since it is fast and > we do not need transactions. > > The other part of the architecture is for users via intranet or web browser > and consists of a series of pages that are like templates to display a set > of images (data) selected by time period. Currently we have a simple mockup > using JavaScript and DHTML which works well with canned pages. We are > thinking to use Apache. We may eventually want to allow users to add > annotation that could be entered into the database but this application will > primarily be a one way pipe. > > Questions: > > 1) What other software can you suggest? > 2) Are there any descriptions or examples as web pages, books or etc., of > architectures similar to this? > 3) What tutorials, courses or books suggestions can you offer on software > components like Apache, MySQL and etc.? > 4) The potential development platforms are SuSE, Mandrake and FreeBSD - any > tradeoff comments? The deliverable platform is the same but we may also > need to run on Sun Solaris. Comments? > 5) Does FreeBSD contract consultant/mentoring for projects like this? > Typical costs? We can build it ourselves I think but would benefit from > Apache, MySQL and etc. advice. > > Thanks, > > Ed Scott > ed.scott@jpl.nasa.gov > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- You are not authorized to use my email address for any purpose. This is a violation of my privacy. Remove my email address from your databases immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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