opinions on printer and a raid controller needed

[MrKnisely]

I won't rehash the hardware, Mr. Hunt did a great job on that.

As for Ubuntu as a server, I'm not sold that it's the best, but it's a 
lot better than may of the other distros. 

The default install give you Gnome.  Whild I like the enviroment, it 
hogs resurces better given to the server processes.  It also tosses on 
OpenOffice and other unnecessary apps.

There is a "server" install of Ubuntu which is a minimal install.  That 
seems to be pretty good, though I would like some more options durring 
the install to customize the server.  In all, I think it's pretty 
solid.  I'd like to spend some more time working with it.

Hope this helps!

MrKnisely


Eric S. Johansson wrote:

> I'm putting together server and I would like to use ubuntu for a 
> variety of reasons.  The raid array recommended by the white box 
> vendor is the 3ware Escalade 9500.  I have no experience with this 
> particular piece of hardware but the manufacturer was recommended by a 
> couple of people I know.
>
> It's an sata raid controller and I'm hoping this will cause me a great 
> deal of problems
>
> the next challenge is a multifunction box from Canon, MF8170C.  It 
> would be nice if we could print from the server if it's easier to just 
> let it be its own print queue, that I'm comfortable.
>
> and last, are there any caveats folks would give me on using ububtu in 
> a server context?  I've used Red Hat, Gentoo and Debian and found them 
> all lacking in various ways. (yes, I know ubuntu is based on Debian 
> but it's better!)  where does ubuntu come up server-side short?  all I 
> know is how well it works as a laptop system and I am really happy 
> with it.
>
> thanks for your opinions.
>
> --- eric
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