Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 10:07:26PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Qrux wrote: >>> *whew* I was starting to think I was the only one who'd ever >>> considered running LFS (or a very close derivative) in production. >> I've been doing that since 2004. And the lfs servers are running lfs. >> I'd consider that 'production', wouldn't you? >> > Just to clarify - when I say production, I mean something you > are paid to support. So, if *your* risk assessment says that using > LFS is a valid way of fulfilling your employer's requirements, and > you understand the security risks, then don't let me stop you. > > Most sysadmins seem to complain of overwork, and maintaining > self-built systems is certainly not a low-work task.
Lets say that the work is front loaded. However, the maintenance after installation, at least for dedicated servers, is quite a bit less. For instance, if you are not using Python, then there is no need to pay attention to Python. You can build a very solid LAMP server with only about 10-15 packages beyond LFS. I can probably build an entire system with 2-3 hours 'attention time' and I know exactly what I have. Anduin was up for almost 3 years without a reboot until another admin accidentally rebooted it with an ISP tool. And yes, I've been paid to install such systems, some with quite valuable data. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
