Re: [hobbit] Xymon New Server Advice

[Martin Flemming <martin.flemming (at) desy.de>]

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Shaun Phillips wrote:

> You could go with Redhat enterprise if you want to shell out the money for
> it otherwise go for Centos, it's built off the same source code as RHE but
> it's completely free and supported for 5 years.

or scientificlinux another redhat clone ...

 https://www.scientificlinux.org/

	martin
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:21 AM, <mv652 (at) softhome.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I have two main questions but thought it best to split them up in two
> > separate mails.
> > My first question is regarding an 'upgrade' or 'new install' of Xymon.
> > I've been using Xymon 4.2.3 on a 'test' system for the past few months.
> >  Now that I feel more comfortable working with the system, creating external
> > scripts etc. I'd like to move it into a 'production' server.
> > a) Which Linux distribution is known to be the most stable to manage the
> > Xymon server.
> > Note* - I don't want to start any flame wars regarding various
> > distributions, just an honest assesment of the distribution that should give
> > me least problems with binaries, dependancies etc.
> > b) Is the 4.3.0 beta 2 version stable enough to put into production?  Are
> > there any major known issues I need to be aware of?
> > c) Would you recommend an upgrade or rather a clean install of the Xymon
> > server? - I'm not too concerned about losing the past months stats at this
> > stage.
> > d) Is there anything else I need to take into consideration?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mario