I tested mysqld with :
P3-600Mhz-384 Mo Ram, windows 2000 pro
and
Pentium - 200Mhz - 48 Mo Ram, linux Slackware 9.1
both PC have a 10 mbits ethernet link and the same 60 gbytes IDE HD.
i now only use the P200 under linux, i have from far some better results with it, i rarely reach 50% of CPU use, even when doing a full restore of the DB (source file of 28 Mo).
Well, its not a big surprise anyway, but it's still amazing to see how that old PC under linux keeps beating a more recent one under Windows for the typical Unix/Linux applications (ie DBserver here).
I haven't tested the server/zone softwares on both, i m sure this time that the linux box won't be able to handle them. But i tested it on the P3 under linux (dual boot box), and it was kinda the same speed. Stability seems better under linux tho, i never had a zone crash but got some under Win2000.
my advise would be to host the server under linux, as the effectiveness of the mysql server is far better if u run it on the same box, but this is of course, my own opinion
