Linux server for colocation


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Hey, i'm going to be putting a 1u server in a datacentre soon,

and i'm planning of using linux, i was thinking of using Fedora like my current dedicated

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and i'm wandering if there is any things i should know about this, ie any settings i should set.

thanks

ste

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Do you have Linux server experience?

I think that just ensuring that you turn off unnecessary services will be a big help. What kind of server? web? mail? ftp?

EDIT: Found thread I was after: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=271716

yeah, I've had a dedicated Linux in the Netherlands for about 9 months now, and its getting to expensive.

will be for web, ftp, email, games etc

ive got fed 9 running on it now, its just ive never set up a server with linux from base before.

what do i configure the lan with?

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If you are using Fedora 9, it will be similar, but a pretty big leap as far as version numbers go from say CentOS 5.

Fedora is on a very aggressive release schedule, 2 a year for the most part. RHEL/CentOS is much more relaxed, and is much better suited to a server environment.

That being said, if it is just for personal use, or learning, or general purpose stuff, there is nothing wrong with using Fedora as a server, and I have been doing that since Fedora Core 1.

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