In this chapter, we covered the practical considerations of installing and running SugarCRM in your business. The key points included are as follows:
Comparing the advantages of an On-Demand service versus a Collocated, On-Premise, or Shared Server. We also compared the up front costs of maintaining your own server versus paying monthly fees for an On-Demand service. We also explained the minimal support for customizations available with an On‑Demand service or Shared Server.
If you choose to deploy SugarCRM on your own server, you will need to select the operating system and hardware configuration for your server, and also make decisions regarding server security and Internet connection bandwidth.
Using Windows or Linux as the server operating system on your SugarCRM server and learned about the LAMP stack. We also examined some popular variations of the LAMP stack including WAMP and WIMP.
For security, you should consider a UPS (battery backup), a locked server closet, a firewall,...