[WEB4LIB] PC-based web server

[Harrison, Roger]

I'd recommend a "real" server if your web site is mission-critical, as ours
is.  Our web site gets comparable use to our online catalog, because our
website acts as a gateway to all our online indexes and full-text sources.
We're crippled without it.

Look for:
-	redundant power supplies
-	RAID (with a dedicated controller, not merely software RAID)
-	redundant NICs

	Two other good options:
-	buy from a vendor who offers a 3-year 7x24 on-site support program 
-	consider a "failover" system where two servers share the same load
and one can seamlessly pick up if the other dies

Roger Harrison          P.O. Box 4150
Network Analyst         Fullerton, CA 92834-4150
Cal State Fullerton     Voice: 714-278-2666
Pollak Library          Fax:   714-278-1333

mailto:rharrison at fullerton.edu
http://rharrison.fullerton.edu/ 

-----Original Message-----
From:	VanderHart, Robert [mailto:Robert.VanderHart at umassmed.edu]
Sent:	Friday, April 09, 1999 12:38 PM
To:	Multiple recipients of list
Subject:	[WEB4LIB] PC-based web server

Hello,

Our library is looking into several options for future hosting of our
website.  One thing we would like to consider is converting a regular
desktop PC into a web server.  Has anyone done this, and if so, what all is
involved?  Any cost estimates for undertaking a project like this?  Is this
even a good idea to consider?

Thanks in advance for any replies.


Bob

Robert J. Vander Hart
Reference Librarian/Government Documents Specialist
The Lamar Soutter Library
University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Ave North
Worcester  MA  01655

(508) 856-3290
Robert.VanderHart at umassmed.edu
http://library.ummed.edu