Comments on: being your own CIO? http://www.inluminent.com/2002/09/19/being-your-own-cio/ my comments on business, marketing, advertising, email, CAN-SPAM, selling as a profession, photography, computers and other stuff... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ask Bjoern Hansen http://www.inluminent.com/2002/09/19/being-your-own-cio/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Ask Bjoern Hansen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=95#comment-89 Those are easy questions. :-) > sendmail vs. qmail? If you are processing lots of mail; have users on the boxes; want it very modular; want it very secure - or any of the above - then choose qmail. If you have barely any mail at all and simpler requirements (or really old (say uucp)) then choose sendmail. Otherwise choose postfix. I'm a qmail person. > Apache 2.x vs Apache 1.x? Static content: Apache 2.x. Reverse Proxies (front end proxies): Apache 2.x Dynamic anything: Apache 1.x. > MySQL 3.x or 4.x? MySQL 4.x is getting cooler and cooler. This depends really. Can you use the new features? Do you require more stability? Is it feasible to upgrade more frequently? > What modules to include in apache? As few as possibly; compile them all and load them as needed. > Bind? For recursive dns servers I like dnscache much better. It doesn't crash. It doesn't bloat to use all memory. It doesn't have security problems left and right. For authoritative dns servers I like tinydns much better. Very easy to write programs to deal with the data. If you run all your nameservers it makes it really easy to transfer the database consistantly. If you need dynamic dns it's not the right choice (for those domains anyway). - ask (for hire too, but at first you might not think the price is right) :-) Those are easy questions. :-)

> sendmail vs. qmail?

If you are processing lots of mail; have users on the boxes; want it very modular; want it very secure – or any of the above – then choose qmail.

If you have barely any mail at all and simpler requirements (or really old (say uucp)) then choose sendmail.

Otherwise choose postfix.

I’m a qmail person.

> Apache 2.x vs Apache 1.x?

Static content: Apache 2.x.
Reverse Proxies (front end proxies): Apache 2.x
Dynamic anything: Apache 1.x.

> MySQL 3.x or 4.x?

MySQL 4.x is getting cooler and cooler. This depends really. Can you use the new features? Do you require more stability? Is it feasible to upgrade more frequently?

> What modules to include in apache?

As few as possibly; compile them all and load them as needed.

> Bind?

For recursive dns servers I like dnscache much better. It doesn’t crash. It doesn’t bloat to use all memory. It doesn’t have security problems left and right.

For authoritative dns servers I like tinydns much better. Very easy to write programs to deal with the data. If you run all your nameservers it makes it really easy to transfer the database consistantly.

If you need dynamic dns it’s not the right choice (for those domains anyway).

– ask (for hire too, but at first you might not think the price is right) :-)

]]> By: Jeremy Zawodny http://www.inluminent.com/2002/09/19/being-your-own-cio/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Jeremy Zawodny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=95#comment-90 For hire? Gee, Ask... Word on the street is that you've already got your hands full at work? :-) Actually, I just like that line. "At first you might not think the price is right." That says so many things. I should start using that. It occurs to me that I'm always "for hire" to some degree or another. Adam Goodman (publisher of Linux Mag) likes to refer to me as a free agent. He's partly right. For hire? Gee, Ask… Word on the street is that you’ve already got your hands full at work? :-)

Actually, I just like that line. “At first you might not think the price is right.” That says so many things. I should start using that. It occurs to me that I’m always “for hire” to some degree or another. Adam Goodman (publisher of Linux Mag) likes to refer to me as a free agent. He’s partly right.

]]> By: Ask Bjoern Hansen http://www.inluminent.com/2002/09/19/being-your-own-cio/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Ask Bjoern Hansen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=95#comment-91 > For hire? Gee, Ask... Word on the street > is that you've already got your hands > full at work? :-) What are you talking about? It's only 4.30 and I am already on my way to bed. (Okay, so I didn't work all evening...) As you point out, it's tricky to measure your availability sometimes. I am plenty busy with big things to suck up the majority of my time (so the price for something like that would right now be really high as I otherwise wouldn't be much interested). However, smaller projects. Architecture reviews, recommendations, small but efficient sessions putting out fire, ... that kind of thing. Well, that kind of thing is fun. And a limited scope makes it easier to find time and energy to pump into it. :-) - ask > For hire? Gee, Ask… Word on the street
> is that you’ve already got your hands
> full at work? :-)

What are you talking about? It’s only 4.30 and I am already on my way to bed. (Okay, so I didn’t work all evening…)

As you point out, it’s tricky to measure your availability sometimes.

I am plenty busy with big things to suck up the majority of my time (so the price for something like that would right now be really high as I otherwise wouldn’t be much interested).

However, smaller projects. Architecture reviews, recommendations, small but efficient sessions putting out fire, … that kind of thing. Well, that kind of thing is fun. And a limited scope makes it easier to find time and energy to pump into it.
:-)

– ask

]]> By: gav http://www.inluminent.com/2002/09/19/being-your-own-cio/comment-page-1/#comment-92 gav Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=95#comment-92 I recently bought a server and stuck it in the rack at work. It has really taught me to appreciate the work a sysadmin does. It's managing to run apache+mod_perl+sendmail+spamassassin+proftpd and keep my email and the couple of tiny websites I help admin going. I think in the end it took about 24 hours to get everything set up and running the way I wanted. I'd put myself in the "dangerous" category, but hopefully a bit more knowledgeable now :) I recently bought a server and stuck it in the rack at work. It has really taught me to appreciate the work a sysadmin does. It’s managing to run apache+mod_perl+sendmail+spamassassin+proftpd and keep my email and the couple of tiny websites I help admin going. I think in the end it took about 24 hours to get everything set up and running the way I wanted. I’d put myself in the “dangerous” category, but hopefully a bit more knowledgeable now :)

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