Re: Quandry over what to install
From: Martyn Fewtrell (mfewtrell_at_networkclub.co.uk)
Date: 03/18/05
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:01:44 -0000
Your message reads as if you only have one physical machine?
If this is the case you are probably being over ambitious and should leave
the XP on the machine as it is, work against IIS and then publish your
finished web sites to your ISP.
You state you would like to host your own Domains? By this I assume you mean
your own web sites? Or do you mean a DNS Server? This really isn't practical
unless you have a lot of resources!
How will you connect to the internet? ADSL gives you the wrong data patterns
i.e. a hosting platform will push out more data than it receives and ADSL
works in the reverse of this. If you have a proper pipeline then you will
need a proper server on the end of it, with proper redundancy and proper
back up power supplies. Your best bet is to stick with a hosting partner.
If you have two machines than you can load the server software onto the
second machine to create a development/test platform and work against this
from the XP box. You shouldn't really develop on a production server as you
can install all the debugging software etc this opens up security issues.
Your best option is with three machines. Load the small business server on
one to run your line of business, use the server licence on the second as
the test platform and then use the third as the workstation. Work from the
workstation against the development server and then when projects are
finished publish the sites to your ISP and a copy on tour SBS machine as a
backup.
Hope this helps.
Martyn Fewtrell
mfewtrell@networkclub.co.uk
"Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:82A1402C-51A1-47FE-9BB2-67B6686EED39@microsoft.com...
>I have all licensed software for Windows XP Pro, Windows Server 2003
> Premium, and Windows Small Business Server Premium.
>
> To date I have dabbled in website design and would like to turn my Dell
> 8400
> tower into a server so I can actually host my domains locally rather than
> using a web host.
>
> Along with using my Dell as a server, I would also need to actually design
> web sites using Macromedia, Microsoft, and Adobe products, plus use Office
> for homework for school and for business purposes. I am told all of the
> above works on all of the choices below as good as it does on XP I am now
> using.
>
> Would you guys leave XP Pro in place and use IIS for configuration
> purposes
> and still use web hosts, install Windows Server 2003 Premium (with SQL and
> other options as well), or Small Business Server 2003 Premium (along with
> SQL, etc)?
>
> All software is from the official Microsoft Partner Program (fully paid
> for
> and licensed) and I would like to start taking advantage of this and make
> some money, maybe start a small business on the side and see if it pans
> out
> properly. This package also comes with CRM software which would help me in
> my endeavor, but does require either Small Business or Windows Server as
> well.
>
> Thanks for anyone who would be so kind as to give sound reasoning for
> options above.
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