Hi,
Usually I wouldn't ask the below questions, but, I am about to install
two web servers, one of which is mission critical, and belongs to a well
known and respected organization, and the other is going to replace a
main university webserver.
The university webserver is supposed to run apache+ssl, no specific
cgi's allowed, it needs to deal properly with both NFS and NIS, to be able
to properly deal with LDAP soon, and in general, to be very stable. It
should also be secure.
The mission critical webserver runs apache+ssl, listserv, mrtg
statistics, and it needs to be ROCK SOLID, and I mean, a year's uptime at
least (it's current version had almost a 2 years uptime). It should be
VERY secure. It doesn't need to run NFS, or NIS, or any other distributed
authentication mechanism or distributed filesystem.
I would like to hear well based opinions, from those here that have the
largest experience in this particular topic. I should add that both
servers are based on Intel 2U rackmounted server, running uw-160 scsi,
some half gig ram, and near-to 1Ghz cpus, so take into consideration the
stability of the scsi subsystem when you tackle this e-mail. The mission
critical server will also have a DAT dds4 scsi tape connected to it (lvd),
so if you have heard problems with such devices, or problems with them in
conjunction with specific kernels, please step forward.
I plead the ones who answer to state opinions based on real experience,
with stability and security rather than peformance in mind.
best,
--Ariel
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