> A client of mine is currently running CFMX 6.1 on RH 7.2. > > After a recent board meeting they've decided to look into upgrading the > operating system, because RedHat are no longer supporting or updating RH7.2. > > Being a charity organisation money is scarce, so I'm trying to come up > with the a number of suggestions for a path the can take. To complicate > matters the hardware is their own, so its not as simple as transferring > to a new leased box. > > To be honest, its been a while since I looked at anything *nix based, so > I'm kinda out of the loop on what hot and what's not, what's a good CF > platform and what's not or even if there are any upgrade paths from > RH7.2, so any help you folks can give me would be much appreciated.
If you want to stay in the Red Hat land there are 2 paths: - centos os or white box linux which are recompiled versions of redhat enterprise linux minus variuos red hat items (logos, artwork, along these lines). - fedora core (currently at version 4), which is Red Hat testing ground for their enterprise linux releases (new technology is released and tested first in Fedora and then incorporated into Red Hat enterprise linux). This means that it's more unstable then the enterprise version and also have a much shorter life span per version. Fedora Core provides an upgrade option when installing the system so you can upgrade without reinstalling. I don't know about centos or white box. Given that you have RH 7.2 on that box I think you can isntall centos and have the benefits of the RH Enterprise Linux: longer support and a more stable platform. Hope that helps. -- <mack /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:14:4035 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/14 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:14 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
