I have a client that runs an e-business site on a Domino 6 server. They used to have a separate server for development and testing, but they want to get rid of it and put the dev/test environment on the same box as the e-business server.
I think we want to keep totally separate Domino domains. This would maximize protection the e-business site.
Question: should I set up a virtual server or a partitioned server? Are there pros and cons? I’m afraid I don’t well enough understand the differences between the two.
Having test and production on one box is fine if the box is iSeries since iSeries protects its subsystems from each other. One Domino partition could go down without affacting the other. I wouldn’t recommend this on Windows, though.
Do you realize that you are going to have a bigger problem by having your test/develop on the same box as production (no matter it was virtual server or partition).
This is really the “all eggs in one basket”.
A partition server (in layman terms) is more than one instance of domino on the server but using a central process to “guide” users to the server you want. So if any server (on a partition) had a problem the application will stop running.
I will not be able to give any suggestions for what you should use because there is not enough information provided.