stability of fedora for server application?

Dexter Ang thepoch at mydestiny.net
Sat Mar 13 16:14:20 UTC 2004


On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 00:01, shane c branch wrote:
> I currently have RH9 running on one of my servers at work. Now that the 
> RH project has ended and Fedora has taken its place, I'm considering 
> either upgrading or reinstalling that box with Fedora.
> 
> However, I'm concerned if Fedora will be stable enough for the server. I 
> would move to RHEL, but my dept isn't too keen on spending money at this 
>   point, which also has me considering going to Debian, as it has a 
> reputation for stability.
> 
> Any opinions appreciated.

This would all depend on what you need. As for me, I am running Fedora
Core 1 on our server without an problems so far. It's running the
following services:
- DNS
- DHCP Server
- Samba File Server
- SMTP and POP3
- MySQL, Apache, PHP for Groupware
- iptables for firewall and NAT.
Hardware it's running on is generic stuff. No name brand servers here.
With 3 IDE 40gb HDD configured as RAID5 array. We're cheap. But it runs
great. Of course, load is hardly ever maximized (maybe 50% at most).
Again, stability, I guess, would depend on what you use the server for.
Generally, Fedora is stable enough as a server. But I hear it's a pain
for SMP machines.

dex





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