The reason I did the full discussion is that many shops are moving from proprietary UNIX (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX) or Windows to Linux solutions. If they are moving much infrastructure but just starting with BIND then he needs to consider what I wrote.
Also I don't really agree that Ubuntu is the best solution. One could run CentOS which has no subscription fee but is binarily compatible with RHEL then download and compile BIND for it. In an organization using Solaris they presumably have "professional administrators" and are more likely to find folks with RHEL experience when hiring staff that will fill totally comfortable with CentOS. If continuity and staffing aren't considerations and this is truly going to be a one off he could use Suse or Slackware or any one of a thousand Linux distros (or even one of the *BSD distros - since BSD is where Solaris came from originally). If it's a one off "best" is truly subjective. There are many people that detest Ubuntu and many people that love it -though the din from the former seems to have overwhelmed the latter since Unity desktop and other moves by Canonical :-) -----Original Message----- From: bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Fajar A. Nugraha Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 9:58 AM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: Moving BIND from Solaris to Linux > One idea would be to use RHEL but still download and compile your own BIND on > top of it. Yup, IIRC there are (S)RPM for latest bind versios posted on this list. > However, if the only thing on your RHEL server is BIND you have to wonder > why you're paying RedHat a subscription. Yeah. If you only need latest binary, ubuntu (plus it's ppa) is probably a better choice, e.g https://launchpad.net/~hauke/+archive/bind9 Then again, the OP only mentions open source apps, with no mention of Oracle and such. So using latest ubuntu LTS is probably a better choice in that case. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users Athena(r), Created for the Cause(tm) Making a Difference in the Fight Against Breast Cancer --------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. ---------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
