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On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:01:19 -0300 |
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"Rafael Barrera Oro" <borafael@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> The issue is, as you should already must have guessed, if its a |
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> good idea to deploy Gentoo in a server. For the first time, i have |
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> the opportunity to install Gentoo on a properly set (almost pimped |
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> out) server and i wanted to be sure i know what i am doing before |
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> getting on with it. Where i work at, the tradition is to go with |
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> FreeBSD (which is, without a doubt, very stable) but since our |
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> FreeBSD guru parted i've been juggling the idea of starting to use |
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> Gentoo on servers instead of using it only on desktops. I have always |
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> found very useful stuff in www.gentoo.org, however, i have not found |
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> a specific server side faq. Does anyone know where i could get such |
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> documentation? |
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> Any pointers, opinions, faqs, insights, etc will be greatly |
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> appreciated |
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> best wishes |
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> Rafael |
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I wasn't going to chime in until some real deployments have been |
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mentioned. |
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I run a home network that's pretty much gentoo-only. The server |
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provides DNS, DHCP, LAMP, Posfix SMTP, IMAPS (courier), TFTP (bsd), |
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SAMBA, NFS. |
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I am currently pursuing a career in IT and expect to bring up some |
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public servers towards the end of the year. needless to say, they'll |
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be running gentoo too. I don't forsee any problems. |
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I want to echo Ricardo's warning -- update conservatively! He's right |
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-- after a while, you know which packages you can update safely and |
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which are potential problems. Staging environment is crucial for |
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gentoo becasue you'll be running binaries that have never really been |
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tested ... or run ... ever. |
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That having been said, gentoo has a nice habit of providing a really |
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comfortable environment for the deployment of just about anything. And |
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unlike Fedora / Redhat, Debian, and some others I've used, there aren't |
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any surprises when you go to configure anything. |
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That, combined with it's performance and security, make gentoo the only |
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choice for me. It's as stable as I want to make it and I expect it to |
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scale well for my needs. |
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