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FreeBSD vs. RedHat Linux Enterprise

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TechBoyJK

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I need to setup a few "mission critical" servers. Trying to decide between FreeBSD and RedhHat Linux Enterprise. I know each equally. One server will be http, another will be smtp, another will be a file server, and another will be mysql. Anybody have any reason to push me one way or the other?
 
A big thing for me is that with any of the BSDs you inevitably end up compiling something from source, be it a port or the kernel and I don't like doing that on servers. For instance there was a FreeBSD kernel DoS a little while back and the only way to fix it was to patch and recompile the kernel, with RH you would just install the new kernel package and reboot.

RHEL is nice for support, but that's about it. With RHEL 3.x you get a patched up version of RH8, if you don't care about support from RH and nothing you're running depends on RH directly (and since you're considering FreeBSD I doubt you do) I would consider a cheaper Linux. You'll get the same result and something that's better supported by the community. I'm a big Debian zealot, but it's invariably up to you since you'll be the one maintaining it.
 
RedhHat Linux Enterprise.
I think that it has much better support and the updates are prompt.

Bleep
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
A big thing for me is that with any of the BSDs you inevitably end up compiling something from source, be it a port or the kernel and I don't like doing that on servers. For instance there was a FreeBSD kernel DoS a little while back and the only way to fix it was to patch and recompile the kernel, with RH you would just install the new kernel package and reboot.

RHEL is nice for support, but that's about it. With RHEL 3.x you get a patched up version of RH8, if you don't care about support from RH and nothing you're running depends on RH directly (and since you're considering FreeBSD I doubt you do) I would consider a cheaper Linux. You'll get the same result and something that's better supported by the community. I'm a big Debian zealot, but it's invariably up to you since you'll be the one maintaining it.
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make release
 
Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

make release
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huh?
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release

So you don't have to worry about compiling anything on a production server.
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thats cool, reading man page now. if you have the time could you elaborate on this in your words?
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Nothinman complained about having to compile patches on the server. If you set things up correctly, your servers won't be able to compile anything. But you will have a box that can somewhere on the inside. If you use the man page (make release on OpenBSD, didn't read the FreeBSD man page), you compile on the machine on the inside, transfer the files (the same packages you get when you do a real install), and put them in place (or run an upgrade).
 
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