> 'The vendors' that supply 'enterprise-grade hardware and software' (as > EMC, Oracle etc do, e.g.) will never give you *support* for your > machine, running CentOS, connected to their stuff. That is a good point. I am ready to deploy a RHEL test machine if the support people insist on that, but they will usually listen to a problem with their stuff as long as we focus on their side of things. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com CentOS 5.4 KVM VPS $55/mo, no setup fee, no contract, dedicated 64bit CPU 1GB dedicated RAM, 40GB RAID storage, 500GB/mo premium BW, Zero downtime