I just ordered some new servers at The Planet (formally EV1) ... and asked about having Debian installed on my servers. They are saying that Debian is unsupported due to the following reason:
"The latest release of Debian is out of date and doesn't work well with newer servers." Being new to Debian I have no clue ... but I'm wondering if anyone knows of an innate incompatability between Debian a server with the following description: 1 Dell \ Dual socket dempsy/woodcrest/cloverton \ PowerEdge 1900/2900 2 Intel \ 2.0 GHz 1333FSB - Woodcrest \ Xeon 5130 (Dual Core) 1 Unknown \ Onboard \ SATA 2 Western Digital \ 250GB:SATA2:7200RPM \ WD2500JS If I attempt to install Debian myself will I have trouble with this setup? Their server "Welcome" email indicated that ... "Your server has been equipped with a dual IPMI/Network Interface Card. This interface requires that one of the additional public IP addresses from this subnet be bound to it. This ip will not be pingable, and will only respond to IPMI traffic. The IPMI 1.5 interface will allow Orbit to interact with your server and provide improved remote reporting and functionality." So perhaps this is the real reason they don't support Debian? Does Debian support the IPMI 1.5 interface? Perhaps Debian doesn't interface with this dual IPMI/NIC ? Any insight would be appreciated. I thought I would ask the real Debian experts before I respond to The Planet ... I've heard only good reviews on Debian. I would like to set up a few boxes for use as a UltraMonkey load balancer configuration with LVS and Heartbeat. RHEL4 doesn't appear to have good support for the other software I need (PHP5). I figured Debian would make a great basis for supporting both LVS, Apache and PHP operations. Thanks! Stephen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
