Hi Alan,

Alan Ianson wrote to Michiel Broek:
AI> Michiel Broek wrote to All:
AI> 
AI> MB> today's bbs computers are not so limited anymore as when I started 
AI> mbse.
AI> MB> I'm thinking of converting the systems databases to MySQL. This will
AI> MB> open the door to full webbbased access to the bbs using php scripting
AI> MB> and a php api interface.
AI> MB> 
AI> MB> Making backups can be easier this way, including database replication.
AI> MB> 
AI> MB> But the most advantage I see is that the bbs will be hidden behind a 
AI> nice
AI> MB> website which is still secured by a login.
AI> MB> 
AI> MB> The disadvantage of a MySQL like database is that you get a minimal 
AI> memory
AI> MB> overhead of 64 MBytes and more for large systems (unless you can live 
AI> with
AI> MB> a slow database).
AI> MB> 
AI> MB> Oke, lets hear your comments.
AI> 
AI> That sounds very interesting to me. ATM mbtask and mbsebbs (my own login)
AI> is running here as well as Konqueror and kmail running on the desktop.
AI> I have 98% free cpu, 67% free memory and 100% free swap. If I ever need
AI> to I'll double the ram, it cheap today. But I think that chip will likely
AI> do fine.. :)

My bbs server is doing a lot of swapping and needs a bit of extra memory.
But MySQL is already running including apache + ssl. I think I can get some
extra ram next week which fits in that old machine.

Plans for after the stable releas I guess.

AI> 

    Greetings, Michiel Broek

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