On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:01:19 -0300 "Rafael Barrera Oro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The issue is, as you should already must have guessed, if its a > good idea to deploy Gentoo in a server. For the first time, i have > the opportunity to install Gentoo on a properly set (almost pimped > out) server and i wanted to be sure i know what i am doing before > getting on with it. Where i work at, the tradition is to go with > FreeBSD (which is, without a doubt, very stable) but since our > FreeBSD guru parted i've been juggling the idea of starting to use > Gentoo on servers instead of using it only on desktops. I have always > found very useful stuff in www.gentoo.org, however, i have not found > a specific server side faq. Does anyone know where i could get such > documentation? > > Any pointers, opinions, faqs, insights, etc will be greatly > appreciated > > best wishes > > Rafael I wasn't going to chime in until some real deployments have been mentioned. I run a home network that's pretty much gentoo-only. The server provides DNS, DHCP, LAMP, Posfix SMTP, IMAPS (courier), TFTP (bsd), SAMBA, NFS. I am currently pursuing a career in IT and expect to bring up some public servers towards the end of the year. needless to say, they'll be running gentoo too. I don't forsee any problems. I want to echo Ricardo's warning -- update conservatively! He's right -- after a while, you know which packages you can update safely and which are potential problems. Staging environment is crucial for gentoo becasue you'll be running binaries that have never really been tested ... or run ... ever. That having been said, gentoo has a nice habit of providing a really comfortable environment for the deployment of just about anything. And unlike Fedora / Redhat, Debian, and some others I've used, there aren't any surprises when you go to configure anything. That, combined with it's performance and security, make gentoo the only choice for me. It's as stable as I want to make it and I expect it to scale well for my needs. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
