I went with Fedora - great support and eas of use (because of Red Hat shared tools). So far so good!
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 3:45 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Linux Distribution for Asterisk server use Hrmmm small simple easy to manage, and very clean minimal install - FreeBSD, if you want linux Id also say Debian On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 09:16 -0400, Ariel Batista wrote: > Wow, > > I just want you to know I am and have been a Networks Engineer for > many years. I started back when Novell was king for networks. Window > and many others have come by and I have setup shop with them. I still > manager and maintain several of my Clients Windows networks. Almost 3 > years ago our boss/owner decided to give asterisk a try. We got a > Consultant and they set the system up for us. I at the time did not > know Linux distro's and was under the impression they were all the > same. We I quickly learn there not. (Yes Linux kernel is the main > part.) But the distro's are very different. We were setup on > Mandrake. I learn as much as I could about asterisk and for the 1st 6 > months never did anything with the OS. > > Well soon I needed to do some changes and add something's like > reporting and other options that required me to start learning the OS > and what It could do. I looked at about 10 major distro's, Red Hat 9 > was current back then, Mandrake, Debian, Gentoo, & Slackware. There > all good I spent about 3 months going through them to fine the one > that would fit me best. I decided due to all the books out to learn > and setup Red Hat 9. Which by the way asterisk works great on. I > setup all our 3 different servers on RH 9. Very soon RH changed there > Linux distro's to the Enterprise editions and create in there Open > Source Fedora. I tried Fedora Core1 and Core 2 until about 1 year ago. > And at that time I found CentOS. It's Red Hat Enterprise without > there labels. And Now I am using for all my setups CentOS. For > Production systems I am using there CentOS 3.4/3.5. Works great and is > easy to setup. For my testing and other servers that run on Linux I > use CentOS 4.1. > > I have started to move some of my customers off Windows. It's a great > stable OS which is mission critical product. > > Hope this helps if you need more info please feel free to email me off > list. > > Ariel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: TWV > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 2:45 AM > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Linux Distribution for Asterisk > server use > > > Hello, > > > > My question is about which Linux distribution to choose for > Asterisk. (/me holds breath) OK, hopefully you're still > reading, because whatever you were thinking now, you're > thinking wrong! ;) > > First of all, I want to make clear that I have read EVERY > message and reply that I could possibly find about this topic, > so that includes the dozens of messages here on the Asterisk > mailinglists, on the Digum forum, and even Google search > results! > > > > Still, my question was not answered! Mainly because the same > answer always came back: "Use the one you are most comfortable > with". Well, I already knew that (linux is linux), but it > doesn't apply to my situation at all! > > > > Let's make things clear and concrete now: > > In my professional life, I work as a windows system & network > administrator and as a developer on the NET platform, and have > a long and extensive experience with telecom and VoIP. > Working for a telecom company, I now have accepted the > challenge to extend our offering with Asterisk. During the > past 6 months, I have learned as much as I possibly could > about the Asterisk PBX, successfully set up a complete test > environment, developed IVR systems, and now we feel the time > is right to put these services into production. BUT, before > we can go live, one important problem remains: as I said, I am > a Windows guy, I have a VERY profound knowledge of Windows and > manage almost 20 Windows 2003 Servers that run > mission-critical applications on a 365/24/7 basis, and support > a large number of Windows applications and Web services (some > of the applications I have developed are used by more than > 25000 users every day!) Why am I telling this? Well, because > I want to make it clear that I am perfectly happy with my > platform/OS (windows), and have no intent whatsoever to ever > change servers or application platforms to linux (let alone my > workstation). What's more, I have NEVER come in to contact > with linux/unix before, so I have never worked with ANY > distribution. > > > > Having explained all this, it should sound logical that I > chose the AsteriskWin32 version for learning Asterisk. Of > course, I realize that we can't put any production system on > AsteriskWin32... So before we can go live with Asterisk servers > and services, this last issue remains to be resolved: what > Linux distribution should I choose (and learn)? > > As I explained, I see Linux merely as a "necessary > evil" (because of my lack of knowledge) for running Asterisk. > So I'm asking about the best linux distribution only to put > up asterisk servers. I'm NOT asking for the easiest one or so > (I always enjoy challenges and learning new things), I'm > asking for the best choice to build a carrier grade telecom > system, having to support thousands of users each and every > day. So it must be reliable and easy to maintain and upgrade. > We are going to use Asterisk in our own datacenters > (supporting nation-wide services), as well as in servers that > we sell to corporations and callcenters for use as an advanced > PBX/CTI system). > > So it should be clear that I'm not talking about a hobby or > home deployment here. Our central asterisk systems for > example will have to manage DS3 or (lots of) E1 trunks... > > > > If you need more information, I am happy to supply it. I > appreciate your time and am hoping for some good suggestions > and arguments which will lead me to the correct choice for now > and for the years to come. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users