on Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 09:58:15AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 01:16:53PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
<...> [Regarding switching a server from RH to Debian] > > My personal recommendation would be to set up a new server using Debian, > > particularly if this is your first Debian experience, and get various > > services up and running. The biggie is likely to be Oracle. I've > > installed it on RH, haven't messed with Debian. My experience is that > > proprietary SW installation and configuration is orders of magnitude > > more difficult than free software. > > I use debian since bo (or hamm; I don't remember which was earlier). > Regarding Oracle - we can always export and import. That is no problem. > I was wandering if there will be any problems with e.g. /etc/shadow etc. > But I've already checked it out and it works. That's one issue down. > > If the replacement server is performing satisfactorially, transfer data > > over from the old server, and move services to it. Once you've > > established that it's satisfactory, you can repurpose the old box. > > I am going do use rsync to synchronize data once a day so that it will > be easy to swap the two servers (eg. in the night). Sounds good. > If your company won't won't swing for a new box to test a deployment, > > I'd strongly recommend you leave things as is. > > No way :-) > I am an administrator of a few boxes with debians and a few with redhat. And > debian servers takes me less time to maintain it. So because I am > lazy ;-) I want to have less work. My last company, I was fighting with the sysadmins over the RH/Debian issues -- Debian was considered "strange". I also have some friends who have indicated annoyance over the "Debian superiority attitude". I respond the the first: I've used both, I spend less time fighting with Debian. It's easier to get work done. I respond to the second: I used RH for 2.5 years, through four versions (4.2, 5.0, 5.2, 6.2). I tried Debian on a gimpy box for a few weeks...and was completely overwhelmed. All I was looking for was a distro to run some old hardware, and instead I fell in love. There's a reason for the superior attitude <g>. But it's earned. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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