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Technomancer wrote: |
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> I'm building 2 Gentoo servers at work. One of them will run a |
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> Postfix+Mysql+Courier Imap system and the other will be a LAMP |
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> machine. They both will run on a mid-end corporate environment. |
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> Using Portage I coul add and remove features of programs like Postfix |
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> without making some ugly workaround. |
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> Some people keep telling me that I'm mad and Gentoo is a poor choice |
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> for servers. I don't agree with that. |
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> I wish to hear sugestions and advices about Gentoo Servers, how could |
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> I maintain the system up to date without breaking etc etc. |
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Ran pretty much the same setup for the same reasons for 3+ years on |
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Gentoo and had no problems. I did eventually scrap the original virtual |
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mail system to do a major hardware and software upgrade. I could have |
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done the software in place, but decided that upgrading to a 2.6 kernel, |
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Mysql 4.1, Apache 2.0, and Postfix 2.2 all at once was probably better |
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done on a fresh box and would require less late nights during the |
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switchover. |
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With two servers in a corporate setting I'd skip any advanced package |
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stuff. Do the glsa checks and don't upgrade anything without testing on |
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your desktop/personal webserver. Also keep an eye on the forums for the |
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things you're running. When you've answered a few hundred questions |
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about Postfix and virtual mail you're much less likely to be caught off |
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guard by any package changes. :-) |
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kashani |
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