[rescue] Re: OT Linux

[Steve Sandau]

I have several slackware linux servers running mail, DNS, LDAP, NTP,
Samba, firewall, VPN and web services for an office of 40 or people.
It's all been working just fine for several years (yes, several!).
Lightweight Oracle works OK, too. It's also what I use for several
workstations, including burning CDs.

I can't say anything about heavy loads, obviously, but I have several
boxes that everyone in my office depends on daily. I get very few
complaints.

The Navy office where we work sometimes had us set up a Linux box for a
Paradox database app, because it ran so dismally slow on NT. Linux and
Samba proved to be very reliable for the 100+ users.

I would definitely choose Solaris for a heavy-duty database app; we put
the Navy Oracle server on an E450 running Solaris... But I would
describe Linux as quite ready for prime time in any small office...

s at avoidant.org wrote:
> 
> "Loomis, Rip" wrote:
> 
> > Personally, I disagree--but in some cases.  I won't be running
> > Linux on our E3000 any time soon, nor do I expect to run it
> > on the Quad Xeon's we've got on loan for testing.  On SPARC 10s
> > and K6/PII systems, though, I'm using it on production systems
> > that are critical but low-usage.
> 
> Howzabout the ~4300 servers in our NOC, all running Red Hat summerother?
> They're far from low usage (one day I'll forward a traffic stats report
> to the list), and quite essential to the business. Mostly P-II and
> -III's, and about half hardware RAIDs. Running like a champ. I dunno if
> I'd want to use it for heavy-duty stuff like Mr. McG hints at (a P-III's
> not a Cray anyway), but for web/mail/ftp and the like, it's Quite Ready
> for Prime Time.
> 
> ---sambo
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Steve Sandau
IS Technician, TMA Bath, Maine
ssandau at bath.tmac.com