Fwd: [iis6] Public DNS Server: Linux, Sun, or Windows???

From: MarvinC <marvinc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: NTSYS Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ISA Admin <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:10:02 -0400
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From: MarvinC <marvinc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Aug 31, 2005 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [iis6] Public DNS Server: Linux, Sun, or Windows???
To: iis6 <iis6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Is anyone hosting websites on both windows and *nix servers or multiple 
platforms? We're talking IIS & Apache etc. I think I've seen where you can 
do both behind ISA2K4 but I'm not sure. What about mail services for both 
exchange and some other smtp mail server like sendmail, postmail, etc? These 
would be on different servers. From what I can tell their plan would be to 
offer a wide range of hosting services and not be stuck with one platform. 
If a user wants OWA mail services they'd charge a higher price than for a 
typical *nix mail service which is usally free. This would include having 
something like a blackberry server to allow for mail redirection for their 
business clients. I'm sure CALs come in to play but I'll hold off on asking 
about that until I need to. 
Also what type of bandwidth are you all using? They'd have a business DSL 
account that offers something like 386 x 386. It's at this point that I'd 
suggest W2K3 server NLB service for the web and possibly DNS servers. I know 
mysql has clustering capabilities but I'm not sure about Apache and I guess 
the *nix DNS servers are stand-alone servers with a static public IP 
assigned to it. 
Be great if there was something written that discusses this and the options 
for multiple platforms. 
 Thanks
 On 8/31/05, Scott Forsyth <scottnewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 
> I would say it's best to use DNS on the operating system that you know 
> best. All of the options have a solid DNS solution, I'm sure. So it's just a 
> matter of what you're most familiar with. I've been using DNS on Windows 
> 2000 and 2003 for years and have never had any significant issues with it, 
> so I recommend that if you prefer the Windows environment. 
>  Scott Forsyth
> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
> ASPInsider Member - MCP
>  http://www.orcsweb.com/
> Powerful Web Hosting Solutions 
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>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> *From:* MarvinC <marvinc@xxxxxxxxx> 
> *To:* iis6 <iis6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:12 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [iis6] Public DNS Server: Linux, Sun, or Windows???
> 
> Why do you think that is? Is W2K3 still considered "unsafe" for this task, 
> or is it that linux is still "safer"? 
> 
> On 8/31/05, tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> > 
> >  I have very successfully hosted a public dns with both windows 2000 and 
> > windows 2003 dns. However, most chosen out there is bind in UNIX 
> > 
> >   ------------------------------
> >  
> > *From:* MarvinC [mailto: marvinc@xxxxxxxxx] 
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:51 AM 
> > *To:* iis6
> > *Subject:* [iis6] Public DNS Server: Linux, Sun, or Windows???
> > 
> >  I'm sending this to anyone familiar with hosting public DNS servers. I 
> > was recently asked what would be the "recommended" choice for a public DNS 
> > server and I've yet to come across anything mentioning using Windows 2000 
> > or 
> > 2003 server so I wonder what others think and are possibly using? I've 
> > known 
> > or heard of using linux or even Sun solaris. 
> >  
> > Any responses are appreciated. 
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