Hello Dunbar Your answer was excellent, I have the ideas much more clears now.
Greetings. Walter. On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:37 AM, Dunbar, Norman (Capgemini) < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Morning, > > > >> For security reasons we want to save the databases in a > >> partition with the > >> Linux OS on them. > >> > >> ... > > >> > >> Which distribution of Linux would be the best for that case? > > If this is for a production system, rather than a "home" database, then > I would advise a specific server based Linux install rather than, say, > something like Ubuntu which is more a desktop install (although I think > there is a server based Ubuntu as well). > > Obviously, whether or not you wish to pay for support has to be > considered. > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux is available and you pay for support - which > means, for patches etc as well as normal support like "how do I?" > > Centos is a version of RHEL, but without the costs. I may be wrong here, > but I think there has been some "ructions" in the Centos camp recently > and there may be a fork, or similar. You get patches etc for free. > > Scientific Linux is another RHEL clone, supported by, amongst others, > CERN. That's good enough for me, and I run it as my server OS of choice. > Again, patches etc are free. > > When you consider these patches, bear in mind that if you pay for > support you get them as and when they are ready. If you don't pay, you > get them as and when Red Hat release them publicly and your distro > maintainers do whatever they have to do to modify them for their own > release. You pay your money and take your choice etc. > > Other's to consider are: > > Suse Linux Enterprise Server - I have to use this at work. I really > don't like it much. It's generally based on OpenSuse but is usually a > release or two behind. It has ways of working that I simply don't like. > I can't put my finger on it, but there's just something! (Probably me!) > You get 60 days free support from Novell when you download this one, > after that, nothing - unless you pay your subscription. > > Oracle Enterprise Linux - yet another RHEL clone. You pay for this one > too - if you want support. Otherwise, you install it and that's that - > although there are "public" repositories for updates to various programs > - these don't get you security or performance patches etc. I've used > this, I prefer Scientific Linux instead. > > And so on. Have a look at DistroWatch.com or > http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3900711/The-Top-10-Linux-S > erver-Distributions.htm (which is a wee bit dated - August 2010) and > does mention Ubuntu as a server distro. > > Ok, I checked! There's Ubuntu Server details here: > http://www.ubuntu.com/business/server/overview > > Any of the "desktop" editions of Linux will run Firebird happily, but > they also install screen savers and so on that you really don't need or > want on a server. In addition, you will need to consider a patching > strategy for any distro if you are running a production system. Don't > just patch because a patch is available - test it on your test system > first before applying to production. > > Have fun. > > Cheers, > Norm. > > Norman Dunbar > Contract Senior Oracle DBA > Capgemini Database Team (EA) > Internal : 7 28 2051 > External : 0113 231 2051 > > Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the > sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. > > We have checked this email and its attachments for viruses. 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