production server

[Mike Watson]

On Sunday 25 January 2004 11:24 am, Asad Javid wrote:
> im planning to purchase a new dell server with 80x5 scsi harddisk and 2
> gb of ram. i am planning to install qmail+antivirus+antispam etc. can
> somebody suggest whether fedora will do fine with this or whether RHEL
> ES  has to be installed. what performance difference does RHEL ES has
> over fedora (apart from cost issues:) )
> --
> Regards,
>
>
> Asad Javid
> In Charge-IT Services Center
> Dubai University College
> Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry
> Tel (off) -2242472-628

As of a month ago (last time I checked) you can order Dell servers pre-loaded 
with RH Enterprise Linux.  I doubt there is any inherent performance 
difference between RHEL and Fedora.  RHEL is optimized for clustering and 
performance.  You can do this too with Fedora, but you have to configure it 
yourself and add the necessary supporting modules.

If you intend to use the Dell and Linux in a commercial endeavor, I'd suggest 
you go with RHEL just for the support.

Mike W

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