New Server Expected
It is a long time since I've bought myself a toy, so I opted for a new server "chez Mens".
A Dell PowerEdge SC430 is to be delivered within a week and will replace a number of aging machines. I'll be installing CentOS 4.3 on it and VMware's server will be hosting some other operating systems.
The machine itself is a beaut: it is almost inaudible (at least to these ears) and packs quite a bang for the Euro. I'm giving it a bit of spare RAM and a couple of 160GB disks. That ought to be enough for the time being. I've already had some tests with it, as it is the same model that we are using for the small mail servers I wrote about recently.
I'm looking forward to hearing the door bell ring (will it be the same girl I wonder?) although I don't know when I'll find the time to perform the installation…
Hi JP,
can you please tell (in about 5 sentences or less) why you decided to run CentOS. I've already read their release notes, so I'm more interested in your very personal reasons/experiences/thinking. So maybe it's also a good (small, clean and not overloaded) plattform for our Web-DB-apps.
tnx and cu jwh
BTW,
I'm just installing our stuff on a Dell PowerEdge 2850 / 8GB / 800+GB. No, it's not my machine, it's our customers.
I've installed SuSE 10.0 default + all the LAMPP stuff.
Starting the beast, it sounds like a fighter jet, the noise drops down significantly after a while, but its still horrible loud, really a rack machine, but it really rocks.
Having a bit time left, I'll experimentaly install free VMware server.
cu jwh
Why Centos? It is RedHat Enterprise, without the price.