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. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
