[dba-SQLServer] [AccessD] MySQL

Good advice I think.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 9/21/2011 5:32 PM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi John
>
> In that case, run MySql on Windows. It works great, and underneath you have a platform you are familiar with - with RDP access, Active Directory, well-known tools, etc. I've given up on the Linux and Solaris server OS'es - you always "miss something" and it just doesn't pay off to spend the time necessary to learn these reaching a level where you feel you are in control. If you really need it, team up with a Linux guy who is not afraid of Windows.
>
> /gustav
>
>
>>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 21-09-2011 12:27>>>
> Thanks for that Hans.
>
> I have zero experience with Linux but my inclination is to recommend that to this client.  It just
> makes sense for a vanilla server that is going to sit in the corner and run MySQL and be a file server.
>
> The biggest problem is very simply that they and I have zero experience.  So there is that nagging
> "what if something goes wrong" in the back of our heads.  We know Windows, we are comfortable in
> Windows, we have tons of experience recognizing, categorizing and dealing with Windows problems.  It
> just *feels like* if we have a problem, even a year down the road, we could spend a fortune learning
> enough to figure out what is wrong and fixing it.
>
> The other nagging, back of the head issue is, "how well does it play in an otherwise all windows
> network.  And how well does the windows network play with it?
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>