[FAQ?] Setting up a friend's business on Linux...

[jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com (miah)]

To get something started I think its fine to just use one machine.
Just because you're running a DB, doesn't mean anybody can connect to
it, and a properly configured/firewalled system should be part of the
plan anyway.  Computers can get expensive, and hosting providers will
charge more money for more equipment hosted. Start small and keep it
simple.  

-miah

On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 02:51:21PM -0500, Duane Morin wrote:
> Surely this has been asked a dozen times before, so what I'm wondering
> is if somebody has setup another mailing list or blog or something to
> discuss the topic of getting a small business up and running on
> linux/open source?  Got a friend who is asking me for help, and beyond
> telling him stuff like "Let's assume you start with Linux, Apache, PHP,
> and MySQL, you gotta get yourself a machine, a hosting provider, and
> maybe a part time consultant to admin it..." I can't really fill in any
> details.
> 
> Is there a place where people are talking about just this sort of thing?
> What he can expect to pay a hosting provider (or at least what the
> variables are)?  How we can determine if he can get by with 1 beast of a
> machine or if he needs a dedicated webserver / database server combo
> right out of the gate?
> 
> I'm a software guy.  I know what he wants to run and can help him set up
> that aspect of it.  It's the resource allocation bit (and the economics)
> I need to research.  Just because you CAN run your DB on the same
> machine as your web server doesn't mean that it's the right thing to do.
> In a bigger environment I'd say to split it up across machines for
> security and scalability reasons, but just to get started, is it typical
> to get up and running with one machine?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Duane
> 
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