[K12OSN] Best Web server distro....what is it?

[Les Mikesell]

David Trask wrote:
> A power outage today finally killed one of my web servers....primarily the
> hard drive.  Luckily it wasn't serving a whole lot, but it did house a lot
> of files that I had uploaded via FTP for "safe-keeping".  As you may
> guess, my backup wasn't any good either.  Nonetheless, I've put in a new
> HD and want to press it back into service.  I was running SME server on it
> and it was running great for about 4+ years.  I'm looking for any other
> possibilities.  Simple, quick, dirty, and free (FOSS).  Simple Linux web
> server....any suggestions?

If SME server did what you needed without modifications, grab a current 
copy from www.contribs.org.  It still works and is based on a 
still-supported centos.   But... you really should something running 
backuppc on a raid-mirrored filesystem to take care of that for you.

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   Les Mikesell
    les at futuresource.com