Re: [Red5] The Great Red5 Server Shootout

[Jon Keys]

We use debian stable because it is so easy while still being very stable.
The debain package manager makes the red5 deb packages as easy as 'sudo dpkg -i 
red5xxx.deb' ... it handles dependencies nicely even when upgrading (including 
java).
If you want to run red5 from the war distribution in say tomcat, try 'sudo 
apt-get install tomcat5.5' ... deploy the red5 war ... done.
I really can't say enough good things about debian ... it rocks! The other 
linux OS's are good, but debian is just as good (or better) and it's easy to 
use.
In the end, it's all about preference I suppose.

If you're interested in bare metal performance / stability then any of the 
BSD's will outperform linux out of the box any day.
OpenBSD in particular has probably the best security record of any operating 
system and it has excellent firewall options out of the box.
All those nice things aside, the BSD's have a reputation for being a little 
tricky to admin and the performance / stability / security gain isn't going to 
be much greater than a modern linux distro properly configured.

So if you're a BSD guru and need to squeeze every last drop out of your 
hardware then maybe try OpenBSD or FreeBSD, otherwise I highly recommend debian.

Good luck,

Jon



> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:15:30 +0100
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: Red5@osflash.org
> Subject: [Red5] The Great Red5 Server Shootout
> 
> If you had to pick one OS for a Red5 server, which of the following
> would it be ...  and why?
> 
> CentOS
> RHE
> Debian Stable
> Fedora Core
> Ubuntu Server Edition
> 
> ... or might one of the BSDs be a better option:
> 
> FreeBSD
> OpenBSD
> NetBSD
> 
> 
> Very curious to hear your answers!
> 
> Donnacha
> 
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