Web Management Software

[Dr. Alan Wilson]

Hello all!

At Birmingham, we took the decision about 15 months ago to set up our own
server solution, Apple-based (MacHTTP).

We now have a dedicated 6150 Server (lots of hard disk, memory, RAID etc.)
and use the famous WebStar (commercial version). This was essentially
Apple's Internet in a box solution and works pretty well out of the box.

As far as management software goes, we use NetForms and NetCloak as well as
cgis and some Apple script stuff. There are two shareware utilities (cron
and WebStat) for statistics.

Although this is an easy solution to maintain, there are drawbacks (Apple
script is slooooooow) and we may move to a Silicon Graphics platform in the
future (depends on the cash situation).

We can also run a dedicated email service and general archiving facility on
this machine.

Anyone thinking of setting up a departmental server can do alot worse than
this route in my opinion.

Alan

ps I am a full-time staff and part-time webmaster! Different thread, but
perhaps relevant.

pps Apologies to anyone visiting bham - we are currently undergoing a major
re-vamp. Should be on-line in our new form after the Xmas break......
(famous last words)


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