[KLUG Members] LDAP & AD?

[Bruce Smith]

> > BTW, never let a marketing department choose server software.
> > We told them our new web server had to run on Linux.  So they went out
> > and bought DB2, Websphere, and a bunch of other crap I never heard of.
> > But it all runs on Linux!  Well, it's only supported on RHEL 3.0, so we
> > now have that too ...
> 
> Mmmmm.  Websphere is very very nice, and DB2 kicks butt.  I certainly wouldn't
> argue with this setup.

That's good to hear.

> > Yes, our current Apache/PHP/PGSQL web server, running on a 733MHz/512MB
> > P3 (with an average load-average of 0.01), will be upgraded to (4) Dual
> > Xeon 2.8GHz boxes, running all this commercial software ...
> 
> I'd take Websphere/DB2 over PHP/PGSQL *ANYDAY* if cost and existing 
> code were no object.

Considering our line of business and [lack of] web site traffic, it
seems like extreme overkill to me.

If I ever learn anything about Websphere and/or DB2, I'll give a
presentation.  But don't get your hopes up.  They already hired a
consultant to install all the software (including Redhat).  They are
also hiring another firm to develop the new web site.  

My current knowledge of DB2 is: boot the box, run a "ps -ef", and yup
there are processes running with "db2" in the name, so db2 must be
running.  No idea if Webshere is running ...

 - BS