Timeline for Why was my question about a MySQL Server Instance configuration moved to Super User?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:14 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 27, 2010 at 17:09 | comment | added | Zoredache | Also you try to make the point that the OS doesn't matter at all, but that is almost certainly not true. It is likely you have some other piece of software on your workstation that is causing problems. Obviously mysql installs on the majority of computer out in the world or the mysql devs would be fixing the installer and sending out and update. A database server is frequently box that only a database server and doesn't have any other crud installed to confuse matters. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 17:07 | comment | added | Zoredache | If this was purely about audience then your question would be more appropriate on stackoverflow. Where you would likely find lots of people running mysql on dev boxes. | |
| Jul 26, 2010 at 19:51 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | You'd be surprised. I've seen places that used three-tier servers (dev, test, production). Test and production were identical linux boxes. Dev was a laptop running Linux. And everyone developed locally on their Windows machines before pushing to dev. | |
| Jul 26, 2010 at 13:18 | comment | added | Warner | The development environment runs on the same platform that production runs on. I'm confident that any reasonable IT shop does not run MySQL on Windows 7 workstations in production. | |
| Jul 26, 2010 at 10:37 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | Well, that's your particular job. I know of system admins whose job includes the maintaining (or assisting with the maintenance) of development environments, including local development environments on developer machines. Just because you don't professionally do something doesn't mean that other people don't. | |
| Jul 26, 2010 at 4:24 | comment | added | Warner | Thomas: I run MySQL on Linux servers professionally, not developer's Windows workstations. You're not entitled to support just because you think it's in scope. You can manipulate semantics all you like but it will not change anything. | |
| Jul 26, 2010 at 3:25 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | My question has been edited to address every point made in the FAQ that defines the topicality of ServerFault. My question is clearly on topic. | |
| Jul 26, 2010 at 3:12 | comment | added | Zypher | @Thomas, that is the definition of the site as stated in the FAQ. I'm not sure what part of many desktops you are not getting. Even though i can't read @Jeff's mind, you are asking a question that is about one desktop not many, and that is out of scope for serverfault. If i had asked the same question it would have been migrated too, and rightly so. | |
| Jul 26, 2010 at 2:34 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | In response to your edits: I have a question about server-class software. The hardware and operating system in my problem do not matter. The problem clearly lies not with the hardware or the OS, but the server software - that software is what crashes. Second, the problem happens when I am in the role of a system administrator, installing my server software. Third, it doesn't matter if I'm installing to 1 computer or 1000 - this is clearly a system administration problem that is preventing me from getting my job as a software engineer done. I'm asking my question from one sysadmin to another. | |
| Jul 25, 2010 at 23:26 | history | edited | Zypher | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jul 25, 2010 at 22:50 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | But the thing is, the target audience (and my guess is most users) of SuperUser is the home PC user who spends most of their time using a web browser, a word processor, email client, and a home-friendly OS. There might be a good number of power users and knowledgeable people. On the other hand, the target audience of ServerFault are people who, for a living, install, configure, and maintain servers, including MySQL Servers, including on developer machines such as my own. At work, if I have a problem with MySQL, I turn to the admin, even if it is on my development machine because he knows best. | |
| Jul 25, 2010 at 22:43 | comment | added | Zypher | @Thomas I wouldn't be so sure, there are some really good people on there AND they are probably more likely to have installed mysql on win7 x64. | |
| Jul 25, 2010 at 22:05 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | Well, I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get any answers on Super User, which is the biggest problem. What it all comes down to is "where are the people who know the answer". The people who frequent Super User aren't the kind of people who are running MySQL Servers on their machines. If I had a question about Word, PowerPoint, or my OS (with the exception of server OSes), Super User would be perfect. But if I get a single answer, I'd be extremely surprised. | |
| Jul 25, 2010 at 21:48 | comment | added | Zypher | @Thomas it's not so much 'professional grade OS' as either an actual server OS (on server hardware IMHO) or a desktop OS on many machines. What you are actually talking about in that question is installing a piece of software onto a single machine. Also in the linked FAQ right at the beginning "If you are in charge of Servers,Networks, or many desktop PCs". None of that applies to this question. Like I said it is a borderline question because you happen to be installing a service that is generally run on servers. | |
| Jul 25, 2010 at 21:40 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | That makes no sense to me. It doesn't matter where you deploy a MySQL server - it's still a server. I'm running a professional grade OS (Windows 7 Professional x64), a commercial-grade server software installation (MySQL Server), in a professional environment (my development machine as opposed to my gaming machine). To me, those are the three characteristics that you need for a question to be appropriate for Server Fault. | |
| Jul 25, 2010 at 21:04 | history | answered | Zypher | CC BY-SA 2.5 |