[Sysadmin] tron

[David Kaufman]

Hi Dean,

Dean Mah wrote:
> So tron is back up with 2 disks in it now.  The OS is CentOS.
> 
> What do you guys want to do going forward?  Should we try the Debian
> install again?  Should we look for alternative hosting?  Should we
> stick with CentOS?


I use, develop for, administer and maintain Red Hat Enterprise servers 
(against my better judgment) at work, and although they are certainly 
reliable enough, I don't enjoy working with the distro.  And as I'm sure 
you know CentOS aims to be a binary-compatible clone of Red Hat, without 
the licensing fees.

So I'd prefer to stick with Debian, and just do the O/S switcheroo again 
on the new box.

But if it comes down to it, I'd rather live with CentOS at ThePlanet, 
than move to a new host!  The new free drive upgrade notwithstanding, I 
think we'd have a hard time finding another host as well-connected and 
inexpensive as the one we're on now...

Pain in the ass though they can be, their reliability (prior to this 
latest incident) and network performance have been admirable these last 
four-ish years.

-dave