--- Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> they are all very relative. > > powerfull tools are inherintally more complex to > use. > simplicity tends to be a trade for advanced > features. > > i do have the pleasure of working with windows at > work > nt4, 2k and 2k3. and they are getting better (but > are > getting better at consuming cpu also) > > any sort of internet server needs maintanance and > someone > to keep an eye on it. putting a machine on the > internet > and just forgetting about it is *very* *very* bad. > thats > with any operating system. > > however, i work with lots of different operating > systems > and have put in the effort to make myself as 'os > independant' > as possible. i think everyone can agree that not > tying yourself > to an os or distribution cant be a bad thing. > > but on with a more serious answer > > what sort of clustering do you want? do you need > clustering? > what is 'easy maintenance' for you? i would prefer on load balancing and high availability for my web server without much downtime probably not high performance :) previously i was thinking about having openmosix as well for the web hosting to make the availability high easy maintenance to me is like having all in one place such as having a separate disk space for every users and single password for every services including mail, web service, etc etc > where on the magical 'learning curve' are you? I would like to learn alot mean like I like dealing every single aspect of the system that i would build like first person learning slackware, FreeBSD or even debian > a windows webserver doesnt really sit much further > down on the > learning curve than unix webservers. most security > and performance > issues (IMO) are fairly universal. > > > Dean > > On Mon, October 17, 2005 10:39 am, pesoy misak said: > > > > Hi again > > > > regarding Unixes > > > > how about the clustering services, easy > maintenance, > > and learning curve for having this boxes > > > > > > --- Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> this is a linux list so... ;) > >> > >> personally, bong.com.au is 3 x freebsd servers > >> > >> kusanagi.bong.com.au > >> aramaki.bong.com.au > >> ishikawa.bong.com.au > >> > >> all sgi 1200's > >> > >> however, if you really dont know much about unix > and > >> friends (tm) > >> then i would go with centos. its based on red hat > >> enterprise and > >> when i tried it, i was happy with the gui etc. > >> > >> i wouldnt recommend fedora, suse or gentoo. > >> > >> openbsd is secure, but after install its only as > >> secure as the user who > >> starts installing random application server > software > >> makes it. > >> > >> i choose freebsd over openbsd because i feel > freebsd > >> has more mature > >> SMP and is faster on i386. also, the freebsd > ports > >> tree isnt versioned > >> like the openbsd one is. > >> > >> that kind of leads into the argument, of if a > server > >> should be more > >> organic in its software, or should be installed, > run > >> and replaced. > >> > >> i choose bsd over linux because to me it just > seems > >> to be a better > >> server. thats my right and im thankfull that open > >> source allows me > >> to have the options to pick things based on > >> technical merits and > >> also unsubstantiatable vibes. > >> > >> debian is also a fine choice. i should say that > all > >> my desktops > >> run debian. i love it - but i dont use it for > intel. > >> amd64 and powerpc. > >> > >> crux looks good as it has bsd style init (which > is > >> one reason i > >> prefer bsd as as server - i like bsd style init) > >> > >> Dean > >> > >> On Mon, October 17, 2005 9:05 am, pesoy misak > said: > >> > Hi all > >> > > >> > I just got a request from my friend to build a > web > >> > hosting system for his business but i don't > know > >> what > >> > is the best distro for it. > >> > > >> > Any suggestion is welcome either BSD or Linux > or > >> any > >> > other OS but not ms*** please since it costly > >> > > >> > many thanks in advance > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > __________________________________ > >> > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > >> > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > >> > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ > >> > -- > >> > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - > >> http://slug.org.au/ > >> > Subscription info and FAQs: > >> http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home > page! > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
