stability of fedora for server application?

[shane c branch]

Dexter Ang wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
I would be using it for
DCHP
DNS
SAMBA
Potentially some web services, but that would only be for a small <20 users

The hardware is an IBM Netfinity 5000 with dual PIII and 1gb of RAM.
So if you are correct about SMP problems, maybe I should try Debian?

-- 
regards,

shane