I want to set up a mission critical (i.e. a lot of critical information is being shuttled to and from the server/system) solution on Linux, and I have a choice on the distribution.
I don't want to start a distro war (again), but I would like to know how many people in the list will actually trust Ubuntu on the Server as compared to something like CentOS/RHEL, SuSE, or Debian ? I have the following criteria for evaluation: * Vulnerability Assessment * Security Update Frequency and Relevance * Robustness (no unstable/untested software installed) * Stability (predictable and non-erratic behavior) * Unbloatedness (contains only essential components in base system) * Scalability with Hardware (should support hardware for scalability (SAN, RAID, Gigabit Ethernet Channel Bonding, Hot Swappable Drives, Failover Power Systems Support, Clustering (HPC/HA) ) ). So far, for all these items Ubuntu still doesn't rank as well as CentOS/RHEL, SuSE, and even Debian. I might be alone in this view, but can someone please enlighten me about how well Ubuntu is doing on the server side? -- Dean Michael C. Berris C/C++ Software Architect Orange and Bronze Software Labs http://3w-agility.blogspot.com/ http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/ Mobile: +639287291459 Email: dean [at] orangeandbronze [dot] com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
