Fedora on the server

[Dave Oxley]

Thanks for all the replies. One further question:
Is Core 1 as stable as RedHat 9 when it was first released?

Dave/

Karl DeBisschop wrote:

>>Subject: Re: Fedora on the server
>>From: Brian Collins <listbc at newnanutilities.org>
>>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>>Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:59:09 -0500
>>Reply-To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>>
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>>>I'm still recommending (and using) RHL7.3.
>>>
>>>I know RH will stop supporting it by the end of this year, but 
>>>Fedora-Legacy appears to be ready to step in.
>>>
>>>I just like the maturity of RHL7.3.
>>>      
>>>
>>I wholeheartedly agree with that.  My most stable systems, now that I
>>think about it, run 7.3.  My biggest beef with 8 & 9 has been the issue
>>of RPM hanging occasionally, plus their complete reworking of the static
>>routes in the /etc/sysconfig structure.
>>    
>>
>
>Just so the nay-sayers aren't the only voice, we've had RH9 on servers
>that get about 1 million PHP+Postgresql page views every day. We've had
>no problems since deployment in May. We switched to RH9 because that
>configuration gives us new performance gains by serving the images for
>those pages from a threaded http server on the same box. And they do run
>nearly the same kernel now:
>
>	kernel-smp-2.4.20-20.7.i686.rpm
>	kernel-smp-2.4.20-20.9.i686.rpm
>
>So while the common wisdom is that 7.3 is more mature, I have to wonder
>why that would be.
>
>I also notice that mirror.hiwaay.net use fedora, I have to believe that
>server sees more than just a little traffic.
>
>My advice would be to look at the features. if you do not need features
>from RH9, 7.3 might be slightly more stable. But if you have a valid
>business use for features in RH9, I wouldn't fear using it. And with a
>limited time for deployment, I have no issues yet on my 3 Fedora boxes
>either, so I would consider it for a fresh server install. If nothing
>else, the kernel exec-shield makes one argument for its use in an
>exposed environment.
>
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>

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