Mike Peachey wrote: > > Slackware Linux. Perfect balance of security and stability and with a > custom-generic kernel the RAM footprint is comparatively tiny and makes > for a very responsive server. > I have no enough experience with Slackware. AFAIK, it's simple as BSD. Is it true?
> Whatever OS you choose, make sure you do a manual RT install, don't rely > on someone's pre-packaged system. Also, I recommend making sure all of > your perl modules are installed via CPAN not a packaging system to > ensure no upstream modifications and a simple upgrade path. > Sure :) >> - File system: Ext3/XFS/JFS/...? > > Debatable. I would probably say Ext3 myself, but then for the level of > transactions you're talking about you are on the border where J/X/Reiser > could prove themselves useful. Wouldn't hurt to do some benchmarking. > For what it's worth, don't take recoverability into account in your > decision, just make backups. Trying to perform file-system data recovery > in that type of environment is a waste of time on any FS. > AFAIK, they're all provide good data safety. Now we're using MySQL && InnoDB, I think XFS should be fast enough. But we may migrate to PostgreSQL. AFAIK it uses a number of files (I may be wrong) to serve its DB. So, there can be Reiser/JFS. >> - apache 2.2 or nginx? > > Apache. No Question. > Why? nginx supports FastCGI too and it is recommended to use on dedicated projects. >> - MySQL or Postgresql? > > Debatable. I think for me it would depend on what is in use in the rest > of your architecture. If you are a fully MySQL house, as we are here, > then it makes sense to keep it all the same since you can share > primary/failover servers and your people-processes are harmonious. If > you don't really have a dependency on either then... well it's up to > you. I'm used to MySQL and having it at the core of nearly all > DB-dependant applications here has been useful, but many would argue > that for a larger system like yours PG wouyld give you better > performance. Again, a bit of benchmarking wouldn't go amiss. > Thank you! -- Agnislav Onufrijchuk PortaOne, Inc., RT Developer Tel: +1-866-SIP VOIP (+1 866 747 8647) ext. 7670 Meet us on April 14-15 at Booth 1202 Billing & OSS World Conference & Expo Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas _______________________________________________ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: [email protected] Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
