Ubuntu a poor choice for servers
Mike Noordermeer
mike at normi.net
Mon Jul 10 06:46:54 UTC 2006
David Abrahams wrote:
> Well, sorry if the subject seems troll-ish, but I thought it would
> probably get the attention of someone who counts. I really want to
> use Ubuntu, but as of now, I'm installing Fedora...
Fedora on a server? :')
> Dapper (and Breezy for that matter) installation doesn't support LVM
> well; it's almost as though it was untested. Try to set up a system
> with LVM from any of the different installation discs, and you'll see
> what I mean.
>
> Dapper installation doesn't support LVM over software raid *at all*,
> even though it purports to. This was certainly untested.
>
> Dapper installation supports LVM over FakeRaid *even less*.
Afaik install on LVM/RAID works flawlessly, fakeraid doesn't belong on a
server (actually it doesnt belong on any system). I wouldn't combine LVM
with softRAID either, but well, that's just my opinion.
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Mike Noordermeer
mike at normi.net
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