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Originally posted by Geoff Koch:
Thanks, Jeanne. Are you seeing any sort of trend towards deployment of low-cost commodity hardware and freeware/open source software to run Web sites and Web applications?
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Originally posted by Geoff Koch:
Thanks, Jeanne. Are you seeing any sort of trend towards deployment of low-cost commodity hardware and freeware/open source software to run Web sites and Web applications?
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--------------------<br />Geoff Koch<br />Freelance technical writer, journalist<br />Lansing, MI<br />AIM: geoffinmichigan<br />Yahoo: geoff_pdx<br />MSN: geoffarnoldkoch
Originally posted by Geoff Koch:
Do you have two or three sentences of wisdom, Lasse, for folks curious about how load testing will change when moving from proprietary/expensive hardware and software to commodity/open source platforms? Thanks!
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Originally posted by Geoff Koch:
cheap rack-mounted commodity servers or a few expensive proprietary boxes from Sun or IBM, ...
Originally posted by Geoff Koch:
I would have thought that "sizing" the Web server solution you need would be easier working with commercial vendors, which theoretically provide engineering support or at the very least, lots of documentation. No?
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--------------------<br />Geoff Koch<br />Freelance technical writer, journalist<br />Lansing, MI<br />AIM: geoffinmichigan<br />Yahoo: geoff_pdx<br />MSN: geoffarnoldkoch
--------------------<br />Geoff Koch<br />Freelance technical writer, journalist<br />Lansing, MI<br />AIM: geoffinmichigan<br />Yahoo: geoff_pdx<br />MSN: geoffarnoldkoch