Hello:<br><br>I think going Linux way is certainly smarter bet.<br><br>There is lot of speed up to gain ( which we instantly noticed switching to Linux/Apache)<br><br>dbox - is client side?! so I dont think it affects your decision on OS
<br><br>Regarding the question on Postgresql/Postgis - you would need both as you mention.<br><br>Postgis is a layer implemented on Postgresql<br><br>Good luck deciding platforms<br><br>Gayathri<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 6/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gary Watry</b> <<a href="mailto:watry@steam.coaps.fsu.edu">watry@steam.coaps.fsu.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi everyone<br><br>I need advice from the experts<br><br>I am running Windows Server 2003 with Apache and Mapserver.<br>I currently have 9 sites running Mapserver<br><br>The Center wants to move to Linux from SGI<br><br>I want to run
<br><br>Mapserver with dbox (Steve, dbox run on Linux?)<br>Mapserver as WMS feed to MapBuilder.<br><br>On the database side is it<br>1. PostGIS or PostgreSQL<br>2. PostGIS and PostgreSQL (think I have to run PostGIS as front to
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