-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Harris Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:24 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Virtualisation
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 01:03:42PM -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
[mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Harris
Because I don't want to play "patch catchup" when FC6 is no longer supported or have to rebuild to FC10 at some later point. I
Yes, patch catch can be a pain, but even with CentOS 4.4 I
still play
patch catch, as well as Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD....
Umm, regular patching isn't what I meant. When a product is no longer supported (I specifically mentioned that) the onus is now on me to track all the components and recompile as necessary. Very soon the OS becomes hard to maintain since a lot of packages become replaced by non-RPM equivalents. I'd much rather "yum -d 0 check-update" in a nightly cron job to let me know that upstream has released a new version ;-) Yes,
I acknowledge I have farmed out my risk to an "untrusted third party", but that's part of risk management; my evaluation is that tracking RedHat announcements and CentOS updates over the next 'n' years is safer than having a product unpatched when it goes out of support.
Risk management? Is this a home network or a business network?
How long did you have your existing configuration running before you came to the conclusion you need to blow it away for a new one?
My existing solution is well overdue for replacement; I only kept it so long because of hotswap IDE problems with the 2.6 kernel. The new system is going to use USB drives instead for ofsite storage.
Doubt you even had it for a year. Biggest thing you can do for
Umm. Your should doubt your doubts :-)
OK, my bad you are currently on FC2 so you've been using Fedora Core for a while now, but no longer get updates.
My main workstation (also needs a rebuild, but that one will be a recent FC build because too many programs assume bleeding edge code versions already installed) is 2.5 years old. The server in question is approaching 3 years old. Neither are supported. Both have known security issues. My test box was rebuilt August last year (VMware testing on CentOS 4.4). I rebuilt my linode from FC2 to Centos 4.4 last month.
I tell you support for the 2.6.9 kernel with software that has kernel drivers is starting to get weaker and weaker. I would wait to jump to a 2.6.18 or 2.6.20+ kernel next so your setup stays as current for the longest time possible.
yourself is to give yourself an honest evaluation on your actual needs.
I've been doing this sort of thing professionally for 17 years. I've been using Linux since the boot+root 0.11 combo disks. I think I know my needs :-)
I'm talking more about personal needs vs. business. I too have been at this a long time and know that often I will romanticize of turning my home network into a mini version of Google...
Infrastucture servers should be stable and not need to be rebuilt with a new OS just because it's more than a year old. CentOS provides that stability. Fedora doesn't.
Well then, sounds like your mind is made up already, why ask?
-Ross
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