[NTLUG:Discuss] Which Server Distro?

[Michael Barnes]

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Hank Ivy <hankivy at hot.rr.com> wrote:
>
> What do you want to do with your system?
> Just a server, personal client system, or both?
> How much physical memory do you have?
> What is the largest application that you run?  (Largest in terms of memory
> needs, real and virtual)
> How long do you want to go between major upgrades?
> What level of reliability do you want from the first day?
>
> Answers:  (Yes , I have more questions than answers.)
> If you have more than 2G of RAM, go 64 bit on the iso.
> If the application will need than 2G, go 64 bit on the iso, and the
> application.  (Add more RAM until the application runs fast enough.)
> Most major distros offer more stable, and longer support life releases every
> few years.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> --
>

This one is primarily an ftp server.  The only things it will mainly
run are vsftp and sshd.
It has 3GB RAM on board with the pair of dual-core Xeon cpus.  I
installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server.  When I enter a command, it is
finished and printed on the screen before i get my finger off the
enter button.  It's got five 73GB SCSI drives, but only 196GB of
available space.  Since I now have network backup available, I'm
planning on reconfiguring the RAID to just striping and get a little
more room.

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Michael