Distro musings - Page 2

Daz · 14-09-2007, 22:12

Background: I have a new rig coming which is going to be my new server (going in the rack when we move). After planning what I want it to do over the next 12 months or so, for now I'm installing Linux onto it.

Now, I used to use Gentoo for my own Linux servers, but having used ubuntu for my general purpose *nix rigs for a while I'd be happy to use that. However, there are a couple of things pulling me towards CentOS - firstly, I have little exposure to RHEL in the enterprise. The vast majority of our clients fall into the SME category, so they only really have a smattering of Red Hat between them, and they obviously require very little looking after from us. Used a few ESX service consoles as well but that's not the same thing really. Having a good opportunity to familiarise myself with CentOS is one driver, and the other is that using a CentOS 4 minimal x86 server install, the memory footprint is <60MB, which is very useful to me, as I want to virtualise at least 1 other box 24x7.

Now, memory is a bit of a commodity these days, so I'm asking the *nix geeks amongst you if I'm over-estimating how much benefit I'm going to get from regular access to my own, essentially production CentOS server, being pretty Linux capable already.

14-09-2007, 22:12	#1
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Distro musings Background: I have a new rig coming which is going to be my new server (going in the rack when we move). After planning what I want it to do over the next 12 months or so, for now I'm installing Linux onto it. Now, I used to use Gentoo for my own Linux servers, but having used ubuntu for my general purpose nix rigs for a while I'd be happy to use that. However, there are a couple of things pulling me towards CentOS - firstly, I have little exposure to RHEL in the enterprise. The vast majority of our clients fall into the SME category, so they only really have a smattering of Red Hat between them, and they obviously require very little looking after from us. Used a few ESX service consoles as well but that's not the same thing really. Having a good opportunity to familiarise myself with CentOS is one driver, and the other is that using a CentOS 4 minimal x86 server install, the memory footprint is <60MB, which is very useful to me, as I want to virtualise at least 1 other box 24x7. Now, memory is a bit of a commodity these days, so I'm asking the nix geeks amongst you if I'm over-estimating how much benefit I'm going to get from regular access to my own, essentially production CentOS server, being pretty Linux capable already. __________________ apt-get moo