On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 10:01:41 -0400
Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority
> Has anyone heard of or using Mandrake in an ISP environment? I have
> taken over operations
> for an ISP and the servers in place are running FreeBSD and I want to
> covert them over to Linux.
> I have been using Mandrake for home use, but have never used it in an
> heavy production environment.
> I scanned www.mandrakebizcases.com and did not see any ISP's.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Scott
Scott,
Consider this move carefully. FreeBSD is more than just reliable.
Like Linux it is a Unix clone, but instead of being designed to mimic
minux it grew from ATT Unix. (not better or worse just different roots)
I recently decommissioned a FreeBSD Firewall / file server in an office
we closed that had 622 days uptime. The last time it had been rebooted
was due to an extended power outage (2 days) due to an exploding power
transformer (Lightning strike) in the neighborhood. In fact the last
time the box had been accesed was 6 months ago to open a port on the
Firewall for VNC routing. I love my Linux desktop. Over the years it's
served me well and it has all the bells and Whistles I could desire.
But if you've got FreeBSD working and running well .... why change. A
friend of mine runs a server serving websites for about 30 organizations
and e-mail to over 200 users ..... one box, for years it was running
2.2.1 BSD and he finally upgraded it when the hardware decided to crap
out. (Mobo developed a crack in one of the power couplings and ....
died. Unless you held it down just right) Any of the software running
on the BSD box should be convertible to Linux just by compiling on a
Linux box. (sometimes you can just move the binaries and it works) So
at least 95% of the software should be an easy transfer. Otherwise I
would recommend only switching to Linux if:
1. Your really need something and there is no way FreeBSD can offer it.
2. You are adding a new server and really want to run Linux.
3. Hardware is dieing and you are building a replacement box and you
really want to run Linux.
For the boxes that run and run well. Leaving well enough alone is my
advice, since you aren't loosing security, reliability or choice.
James
PS hope no one takes offense but to me Open Source and Reliability are
more important than brand on servers. Just don't expect me to run
anything but Mandrake on my workstation except under gunpoint.
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