Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 01:18:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Barrett Richardson <barrett@phoenix.aye.net> To: "Abdullah Bin Hamad." <arabian@nac.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs SunOS/Solaris Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9908290054310.1537-100000@phoenix.aye.net> In-Reply-To: <008601bef1c0$bc1721c0$191e0285@net.qa.qatar.net.qa>
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On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Abdullah Bin Hamad. wrote: > Hello folks, > > Why someone would choose FreeDSD for his ISP instead of SunOS/Solaris ? > > An ISP has 14k Dialup users. > > What could FreeBSD provide to an ISP more than SunOS/Solairs ? Self reliance and adaptability. Open Source Systems are becoming increasingly attractive in the ISP arena for a multitude of reasons. If you have proprietary software needs that would have to be weighed in the balance. > > Should the ISP run the mail server on differnet machine, and named on > saprate machine ..etc? That is one route. You can provide reliable services by having multiple low cost servers as opposed to having a monster Solaris box. A well thought out architecture will scale nicely to a large user base. All services on a single box provides centralized management, but a single problematic service can affect services across the board. There is a point at which you cannot add more tasks to single box; that point is becoming more easily reached these days. > > Could someone who was using SunOS/Solaris give me more details. > > Your help is appreicated. > > -Arabian aka Abdullah > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" 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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