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From: Nilesh Govindrajan <me@××××××××.com>
To: Gentoo User Mailing List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: How about the gentoo server or cluster in production environment?
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:06:47
Message-Id: CAHgBc-t27pDyqCgoH=4orwiWic5KM=evX4wcyN7csN0z77+7iw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: How about the gentoo server or cluster in production environment? by Facundo Curti
1 On 20 Feb 2014 06:23, "Facundo Curti" <facu.curti@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > I think a "more stable" distro is better for production. My choice is
4 debian. I think you cant find nothing more stable that debian...
5 >
6 >
7 > >Gentoo makes the best server os because it's a custom built os where the
8 admin knows each and every aspect of the os.
9 >
10 > This is true, but gentoo is a little unstable to use on production. The
11 system must be on 365 days/year. ¿and when you need to update the system?
12 This will use all the processor and the system will be overloaded. This
13 means users can't use the system when this is updating...
14 >
15 > I think the best for a server is debian. I didn't try red hat but I see
16 this like a commercial distro :/ Any way, red hat is very used as server.
17 And if you choice to pay, you will have official support (Other wise, you
18 are alone :/)
19 >
20 > P.D: I'm sorry if my english is not perfect, i speak spanish
21 >
22 >
23 > 2014-02-19 21:36 GMT-03:00 Franklin Wang <touch21st@×××××.com>:
24 >
25 >> Maybe it's intresting, although I prefer to use red hat, suse or ubuntu
26 in datacenter as Google. Slackware servers're not very poppular here
27 >>
28 >> On 2014年02月20日 08:14, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
29 >>>
30 >>> On 20 Feb 2014 05:12, "Franklin Wang" <touch21st@×××××.com> wrote:
31 >>> >
32 >>> > and what about slackware for server?
33 >>> >
34 >>> >
35 >>> > -------- Original Message --------
36 >>> > Subject:
37 >>> > How about the gentoo server or cluster in production environment?
38 >>> > Date:
39 >>> > Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:41:28 +0800
40 >>> > From:
41 >>> > Franklin Wang <touch21st@×××××.com>
42 >>> > To:
43 >>> > gentoo-server@l.g.o, gentoo-cluster@l.g.o
44 >>> >
45 >>> >
46 >>> > Hi all,
47 >>> >
48 >>> > I'm not familiar with gentoo server and cluster. So could you tell me
49 >>> > the experience about them? Thanks.
50 >>> >
51 >>> >
52 >>> >
53 >>> >
54 >>> > Franklin Wang
55 >>> >
56 >>> >
57 >>> >
58 >>>
59 >>> Gentoo makes the best server os because it's a custom built os where
60 the admin knows each and every aspect of the os. Security wise, there are
61 no unwanted or unused stuff, so lesser bugs to deal with.
62 >>>
63 >>> Clustering, well, you can do that using glusterfs
64 >>
65 >>
66 >> --
67 >> skype:touch21st, Gtalk:touch21st, Yahoo/MSN:franklinwang36@×××××.com,
68 >> Xing/Linkedin:Franklin Wang
69 >
70 >
71
72 Um, binhost?