RE: Web site time required -- PCTECH

>7. If you want the website to interact with your i5 applications or
even 
>just the i5 database, it will be MUCH easier if it is hosted in-house,
and 
>easier yet if it is on the i5 rather than some other hardware.

I'm with you on the inhouse is easier to integrate than out-of-house --
but only slightly with things like VPNs and web services. 

However, I'm not sure I agree on the "easier yet" part. I guess if
you're going to go w/CGIDEV2 or something RPG-based, then yes, it's
easier. But if you're looking to use JSPs I don't think it's any easier
if the JSP is on the i5 or sitting next to it. Either way you're using
JDBC to talk to a database, whether that database is on the same box, in
the same room, or on the other side of the planet doesn't make a
difference, does it?

-Walden

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-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Ken Sims
Sent: Wednesday, 09 February, 2005 23:08
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Web site time required

Hi Jeff -

>No, I just don't know how to ask the question, I guess.  Is there a big
>difference time-wise (assuming we already have to maintain it) if we
also
>host it.

No.  Once everything is up and running, except when you make content 
changes that also require configuration changes, the main thing is log 
management, which is an issue you already have to handle for your mail
server.

For you personally, I would recommend hosting in-house because:

1. You're already paying for a static IP address so it's going to be 
cheaper to host in-house.

2. Since you already run a mail server, you have some experience with 
servers, so the learning curve is not going to be as much for as for
people 
with no internet server experience.

3. If you went with an outside hosting service, you would have to be 
careful to get one that would be compatible with you having an in-house 
mail server.  With both in-house, that's not an issue.

4. You will have complete control over the server.  For my personal 
domains, I started out virtual hosting, but that wasn't enough control
so I 
went to a virtual server, but that wasn't enough, so I now have my email

and web server in-house (in-apartment if you want to be picky! <G>).
I'm 
MUCH happier with it this way.

5. If you run it on the i5 or some other existing hardware, you will
have 
no hardware costs (unless the load gets to be enough that you need a 
hardware upgrade to handle, which is doubtful).

6. If your i5 already has the software or it is a no charge situation to

install it, or you do something with Apache on Linux, your software
costs 
are zero or minimal.

7. If you want the website to interact with your i5 applications or even

just the i5 database, it will be MUCH easier if it is hosted in-house,
and 
easier yet if it is on the i5 rather than some other hardware.

Even if you host in-house, you can still have the design and/or ongoing 
content maintenance done by an outside company.  Or you can have that 
in-house as well.

--
Ken
http://www.ke9nr.net/
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views
of 
my employer or anyone in their right mind.

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