Re: Debian vs. freeBSD
BTW, The hardware for this system will be a compaq DL380 series server. It has 5 ultra2 scsi 9.1 gig drives. I did not know if ultra2 scsi presented any advantage when considering freebsd or Debian or not. Any info on this is appriciated! http://www5.compaq.com/products/servers/proliantdl380/description.html#keyfeat Thanks, Ashby Gochenour NTELOS NOC > *BSD is quite good. I use it whene forced to. Debian has the advantage > of having *great* support via IRC and lists, and Linux supports most > every piece of hardware out there! In my 'real' job, I do the computer > security for bnl.gov. We are using Debian for just about anything in > our perimeter. The proxies, smtp gateway, Kerberos, DNS, DHCP. The > machines perform well on minimal hardware, and you can lock them down > *tight* with LIDS, so much that you can't touch them remotely, even > if you are root. > > Tim > > -- >>< >>> Tim Sailer (at home) >< Coastal Internet, Inc. << >>> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 671 << >>> http://www.buoy.com >< Ridge, NY 11961 << >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >< (631) 476-3031 > << >>< >
Re: Debian vs. freeBSD
BTW, The hardware for this system will be a compaq DL380 series server. It has 5 ultra2 scsi 9.1 gig drives. I did not know if ultra2 scsi presented any advantage when considering freebsd or Debian or not. Any info on this is appriciated! http://www5.compaq.com/products/servers/proliantdl380/description.html#keyfeat Thanks, Ashby Gochenour NTELOS NOC > *BSD is quite good. I use it whene forced to. Debian has the advantage > of having *great* support via IRC and lists, and Linux supports most > every piece of hardware out there! In my 'real' job, I do the computer > security for bnl.gov. We are using Debian for just about anything in > our perimeter. The proxies, smtp gateway, Kerberos, DNS, DHCP. The > machines perform well on minimal hardware, and you can lock them down > *tight* with LIDS, so much that you can't touch them remotely, even > if you are root. > > Tim > > -- >>< >>> Tim Sailer (at home) >< Coastal Internet, Inc. << >>> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 671 << >>> http://www.buoy.com >< Ridge, NY 11961 << >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] >< (631) 476-3031 << >>< > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian vs. freeBSD
When I say NFS, I mean we will need to mount drives out on the network as a local drive. For example, we will need to mount a public drive running on an NT server as a /mountpoint on the local file system for access. Will this be a problem via debian and also should this be best done via samba? Thanks so much, Ashby Gochenour NTELOS NOC > Except for nfs, and given the non-production purpose, I agree. Nfs, > especially if you are serving to non-linux clients, might be > problemmatic under Linux/Debian. If I were to deploy Linux as an NFS > server, I'd do some reading up on how much of the recent nfs work is > actually in the stable kernels and how stable it is. > > cheers, > > BM > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian vs. freeBSD
> "BrM" == brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 06:42:20PM -0500, Debian Ghost wrote: >> ... My manager has asked me to write a proposal on installing >> Debian or FreeBSD on a few servers here that will be used >> (internally to the company- i.e- non production) for basic >> services such as NFS, mail, apache (backing a request tracker >> ticketing system), internal DNS and ftp services. ... BrM> [...] Seriously, the differences are mostly religious. Except for nfs, and given the non-production purpose, I agree. Nfs, especially if you are serving to non-linux clients, might be problemmatic under Linux/Debian. If I were to deploy Linux as an NFS server, I'd do some reading up on how much of the recent nfs work is actually in the stable kernels and how stable it is. cheers, BM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian vs. freeBSD
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 06:42:20PM -0500, Debian Ghost wrote: > Hey All, > I know I've been causing a lot of mail on the list lately, but I hope to > get a good response out of this one too. My manager has asked me to write > a proposal on installing Debian or FreeBSD on a few servers here that will > be used (internally to the company- i.e- non production) for basic > services such as NFS, mail, apache (backing a request tracker ticketing > system), internal DNS and ftp services. I've been using > debian for about a year and a half and have used freeBSD for a few months > back in 1998 before laying it aside for linux. From my experiences I > can't really see why one would be superior to the other if configured > properly. Do any of you as debian-ispers have any opinions of things I > could list in the proposal? > > Thanks for the time. This is the best list I've seen in quite some time as > everyone is curtious and non FLAMEboyant :) So you ask a flamebait question? Hrrmph. Seriously, the differences are mostly religious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian vs. freeBSD
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Debian Ghost wrote: > Hey All, > I know I've been causing a lot of mail on the list lately, but I hope to > get a good response out of this one too. My manager has asked me to write > a proposal on installing Debian or FreeBSD on a few servers here that will > be used (internally to the company- i.e- non production) for basic > services such as NFS, mail, apache (backing a request tracker ticketing > system), internal DNS and ftp services. I've been using > debian for about a year and a half and have used freeBSD for a few months > back in 1998 before laying it aside for linux. From my experiences I > can't really see why one would be superior to the other if configured > properly. Do any of you as debian-ispers have any opinions of things I > could list in the proposal? > > Thanks for the time. This is the best list I've seen in quite some time as > everyone is curtious and non FLAMEboyant :) > > Kindly, > > Ashby Gochenour > NTELOS > NOC > Well, I would say go with what you know the best. As you will most likely run the exact same programs, but compiled for your system, you can always change later if you find any problems. As far as I know FreeBSD is supposedly a tad sharper with very heavy load, but Linux supports more hardware and can be easier to start with. Regards Roger Abrahamsson - Roger Abrahamsson, Sys/Net Admin, Obbit AB Radhusespl.17D, S-90328 Umea, Sweden - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian vs. freeBSD
Hey All, I know I've been causing a lot of mail on the list lately, but I hope to get a good response out of this one too. My manager has asked me to write a proposal on installing Debian or FreeBSD on a few servers here that will be used (internally to the company- i.e- non production) for basic services such as NFS, mail, apache (backing a request tracker ticketing system), internal DNS and ftp services. I've been using debian for about a year and a half and have used freeBSD for a few months back in 1998 before laying it aside for linux. From my experiences I can't really see why one would be superior to the other if configured properly. Do any of you as debian-ispers have any opinions of things I could list in the proposal? Thanks for the time. This is the best list I've seen in quite some time as everyone is curtious and non FLAMEboyant :) Kindly, Ashby Gochenour NTELOS NOC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
