Paul Flanders wrote:
I have many RH9 servers running and need to upgrade, i have been puttingWe've got lots of FC2 servers running in production at client sites, and just recently did an FC3 with seventeen 400Gig (Data) and two 40GIG (O/S) drives for a samba box supporting about 80 engineering users. This box uses disk as a backup resource - no tape drive (I hate tape).
in FC1 servers as 'i feel' it seems bit safer knowing that FC1 was very
stable has lots of updates and runs well on DELL servers and after the
hassle with FC2 (ended up going back to FC1) and FC3 (can not get samba
working fully 'dont ask!') I think at the moment ill stick to RH9 and
FC1. The "legacy" 15-18 month business is a bit worrying especially if
the FC versions cycle out very quickly. I may look at RH Enterprise but
there is a cost to it. I manage over 50 RH servers and i really dont
like the idea of upgrading them all to often especially when so much
seems to break between versions.
We use nothing but ASUS mainboards and 3WARE controllers, and just don't have the problems some folks seem to have with name brand boxes and SCSI controllers. We also prefer a normal BIOS that we can work with, as opposed to the customized BIOS setups from the likes of DELL, HP, IBM, etc. We like quality clone hardware as opposed to something with a recognizable name on it, and our clients appreciate the fact that they run for years without a hickup.
BTW - we aren't in the hardware business. We spec the parts for our clients and they can source them from whereever they want. We make $0 from hardware.
I wouldn't hesitate putting an FC3 box into production as long as its on good (clone) hardware. :-)
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