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In a client/server system,which OS should be used on the server side which is the best OS in the market that is most commonly used now days for the server?

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Belongs on serverfault.com – Paul R Jan 18 '11 at 21:07
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possible duplicate of Operating system for server – Linus Kleen Jan 18 '11 at 21:07
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@Paul R Possibly, but over there it would still be closed as widely argumentative, no? – Linus Kleen Jan 18 '11 at 21:14
@goreSplatter: probably ;-) – Paul R Jan 18 '11 at 21:23
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Which truck should I buy to haul things? – Dennis Williamson Jan 18 '11 at 21:39
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It depends on what you're trying to accomplish.

If you're building an application on Microsoft's .NET or SQL Server, then the typical choice would be Windows Server 2008.

If you're building something using Open Source technologies (like MySQL, etc.) or a Web Application that runs on Apache (including anything running through a Java Application Server) then I would say Linux or FreeBSD are good choices.

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I think any Linux distro will suffice, I recommend Red Hat Linux

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See my previous answer to a similar question - What OS would you use for a simple fileserver and why?

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Where in the world do you live? In that part, what kind of human resources can you call upon for expertise? What kind of projects do you have planned? What size of environment? Do you have a budget? Client/Server what? web? mail? file? DB????

For example: considering the types of techincal people in my area, the vendors in my area, the needs of my company, the size of my company, and the budget we have (for sw, hw, my time, consultant time, after support...etc) I decided to replace the existing mail system with Win2k8 + MS Exchange 2010 solution. I will need to pick up Exchange 2010, but the local resources are good.

At a different company for a mail system I chose Debian/Postix solution (it was that or RedHat, but personal skill set tip'ed the scale to Debian)

You will need to provide many more details about where you are, what you want to do etc...

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