[dundee] What would you recommend?

[Mark Harrigan]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 04:14:14PM +0100, Jonathan Barber wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:02:03PM +0000, Wm. G. Urquhart wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've got some Dual Processor Dell Kit that I want to use as a Primary
> > Domain Controller for a Windows Domain. That will of course support Samba
> > and OpenLDAP and OpenSLL for Authentication and Profiles etc.
> 
> For the Samba stuff I'd use Debian, as it'll come with a minimum of
> stuff in the default and maintainance is a lot easier than
> Redhat/SuSE/Mandrake IMHO. I would say OpenBSD but it doesn't do SMP.
> 
> > I also have a Sun Shoe Box containing 6 x 9.1Gb Disks that I want to use
> > as Data Stores for PDFs, MP3s etc. I know under Linux RH 7.3 (Valhalla) it
> > all works well, as I've built one before. But I'm thinking it's time for
> > change this time.
> 
> It really depends what's going to share the data with the box and what
> kind of performance you're looking at. Recently we've had some nasty
> experiences with the Linux NFS stack over VLANs, so I might be tempeted
> to use a BSD instead, which means NetBSD if you're not on x86
> archtectures. But you should probably benchmark whatever it is your
> going to use before rolling it out.
> 
> Just my 2p

I'd second this pretty much, Debian is an absolute joy regarding
updating for security etc. Btw FreeBSD will also run on some sparc
hardware though you'd need to check. You might find the BSD's a little
bit of a culture shock initally in regards to kernel compiles and
packaged software etc but it's not any harder than Linux, just a
little different. Hrm, methinks I'll have to install NetBSD now,
haven't really played with it yet.

Mark