I am actually using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server 64 bit on two Dell Precision t3400 PCs with 8Gb RAM. I am using the 64 bit version just to be able to map the 8Gb RAM natively, and to be able to run VMWare Server under a native 64 bit CPU and 64 bit OS, as required by VMWare if one wants to be able to harness > 3.5 or 4.0 Gb RAM.
I found it just as easy to set up as the 32 bit Server (or desktop) OS. I did install the GUI shell on the 64 bit Server OS, and it works fine. And, all 8Gb is being seen, as expected, natively. I am using these 2 machines to run multiple concurrent VMWare guest machines using Windows 2000 Pro OS with between 768Mg and 1Gb RAM assigned to each virtual machine. I am moving to the VMWare ESXi Bare Metal host OS, rather than VMWare Server 2 under Linux, as I want to get > 3 machines to run with more balanced performance. But, unless I really start to get wild with Linux 54bit for the Host Machine, performance for 3 concurrent 1Gb guest machines has been decent. To get to 5 - 7 such machines I have learned I need to go to ESXi. Shame. These t3400 units with 8Gb RAM and Ubuntu Server 8.04 64 bit really scream! I opted to use v-8.04 as it is LTS (Long Term Support), and VMWare recommends sticking with LTS, although I have seen other folks using newer non-LTS Ubuntu 64 bit apparently just fine with VMWare. I am not paying for any Ubuntu support. I have found everything I need in The Wild, plus any earlier stuff in ProLinux. In fact, our friends in ProLinux flat out rock! Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Malcolm Greene > Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 12:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NF] What distro of Linux are you using for production apps? > > I know there's a Prolinux list, but I'm hoping to benefit from the > wider > audience of Profox. > > Any recommendations on a 64-bit Linux distro for production use? > Software stack will be Apache, MySQL, PHP. > > - Ubuntu LTS Server Edition 8.04 > - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ES/AS > - openSUSE Linux 10.1 > - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 > - other ??? > > Are you paying for support or using the 'community' editions? > > Thanks! > Malcolm > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
