Matthew Saltzman wrote:
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, shane c branch wrote:
Dexter Ang wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 00:01, shane c branch wrote: >> I currently have RH9 running on one of my servers at work. Now that the >> RH project has ended and Fedora has taken its place, I'm considering >> either upgrading or reinstalling that box with Fedora. >> >> However, I'm concerned if Fedora will be stable enough for the server. I >> would move to RHEL, but my dept isn't too keen on spending money at this >> point, which also has me considering going to Debian, as it has a >> reputation for stability. >> >> Any opinions appreciated. > > This would all depend on what you need. As for me, I am running Fedora > Core 1 on our server without an problems so far. It's running the > following services: > - DNS > - DHCP Server > - Samba File Server > - SMTP and POP3 > - MySQL, Apache, PHP for Groupware > - iptables for firewall and NAT. > Hardware it's running on is generic stuff. No name brand servers here. > With 3 IDE 40gb HDD configured as RAID5 array. We're cheap. But it runs > great. Of course, load is hardly ever maximized (maybe 50% at most). > Again, stability, I guess, would depend on what you use the server for. > Generally, Fedora is stable enough as a server. But I hear it's a pain > for SMP machines. > > dex > > I would be using it for DCHP DNS SAMBA Potentially some web services, but that would only be for a small <20 users
The hardware is an IBM Netfinity 5000 with dual PIII and 1gb of RAM. So if you are correct about SMP problems, maybe I should try Debian?
Since you are at a .edu, you should look at the academic pricing for RHEL. If you have just a few machines, it's $25 for Workstation, $50 for Advanced Server. For wider deployment, the have pricing for RHN proxy and license packages.
The .edu is just my email. I don't work for the school, or I would definitely look to get the educational institution discount on RHEL.
-- regards,
shane
