Take a look at this
https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/i386/ch02s01.html.en
Other Os's have similar pages.
I prefer debian for my DNS systems because there isnt much bloated
front end apps that get auto loaded with a downloaded image.
Also, I find it easier to tailor for specifics for the dns.
Processor definitely will affect overall performance if it has to do
more with ATPI or other automated power saving garb that may not be
needed. So, by choosing a good OS to fit the hardware will make some
serious impact on performance.
Some of this may be over kill for a dns server because I see alot of
OS's loaded onto older laptops and performance very noticeable there.
I am not saying it wont work or perform so poorly is noticeable but
consider processor capacity for DNS request in the 100's if it is needed.
I starting seeing the hit early 2 yrs ago and we had to move to a larger
processor to handle those requests.
On 10/5/2014 1:06 PM, Eric Kuhnke via Af wrote:
I don't see what processor has to do with it, a bare Debian 7.x
CLI-only install will run just a well on an old system as an ancient
version of Debian....
I have several virtual machines with debian and relatively restricted
CPU power, only 128MB or 256MB of RAM, serving as nameservers. Runs
just fine with 3.14 kernel.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, David Milholen via Af <af@afmug.com
<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote:
I would do a debian 6 bare metal install no extras just os minimal
install.
If its older Hardware less than 2g processor then back it down to
debian 4 or use crunchbang, Knopix or something lite weight to
make the
Hardware sing and not try to keep up with bloated code.
Then load power dns to get your dns up and running quick.
On 10/2/2014 12:06 PM, That One Guy via Af wrote:
8.04.3 is the version
I just need to patch it, its actually a turnkey linux server so
it checks tunkeys repositories, i might have to change those
files that tell it where to look
Most of the commands it doesnt recognize
This is an old DNS server managed through webmin, its a backup so
its not a big deal if it gets messed up pushing it through an update
i know its better to just build a new server and all that, I dont
care right now, we are replacing these soon anyway
Any body know what I need to do to upgrade it?
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All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember
that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you.
Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a
reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance
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