I’m doing a little research into the ease of installation of the two primary server OS’s, Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5 and Windows Server 2003.
I meant to say Windows 2003 Server or Red Hat Enterprise.
Which one is the least complicated to install?
I’m doing a little research into the ease of installation of the two primary server OS’s, Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5 and Windows Server 2003.
I meant to say Windows 2003 Server or Red Hat Enterprise.
Which one is the least complicated to install?
Windows 2003 SBS w/ Exchange takes forever (a few hours at least)
RHE is installed in about 20 to 30 minutes on a bad day
At least that has been my experience. Not to mention the hours of updating windows, and then the days spent trying to fix what the updates have broken.
Red Hat installs pretty easy , only thing most get confused on is partitions and creation of swap space , but they have pretty much streamlined that into a easy rollout install now…
Ubuntu with Beryl desktop in picture below
This depends entirely on what you’re doing with the systems and what CDs you are using with what kind of patch level incorporated into them. While I have not installed RHE 5, I’ve installed linux a number of times and it can be fairly easy… but then again, so can windows. The question then becomes what other services you want/need. And frankly, this also depends on what you are familiar with. If you’ve done the RHE isntall 25 times, then you know it well and it should be quick and easy. Likewise if you’ve done the Windows install 25 times, then it should be quick and easy. Otherwise, it’s going to take longer in both cases.