Comment Re:RHEL (Score 2) 264
I'd go with SL as well...CentOS is currently experiencing some organizational turmoil that really makes me doubt its future.
Submission + - Managing the Most Remote Data Center in the World (youtube.com)
blackbearnh writes: Imagine that your data center was in the most geographically remote location in the world. Now imagine that you can only get to it 4 months of the year. Just for fun, add in some of the most extreme weather conditions in the world. That's the challenge that faces John Jacobsen, one of the people responsible for making sure that the data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory makes it all the way from the South Pole to researchers across the world. In an interview recorded at OSCON, Jacobsen talks about the problems that he has to face, which includes (surprisingly) keeping the data center cool. If you're ever gripped because you had to haul yourself across town in the middle of the night to fix a server crash, this interview should put things in perspective...
Comment Re:license fee? (Score 2) 168
Also lends more credence to the various forms of "...meet your maker..." phrases...
Comment license fee? (Score 1) 168
I'm not looking forward to the day when we have to pay a license fee for my children...
Comment Other problems (Score 1) 436
Hosting companies (I have a DreamHost account) have other things to worry about such as terribly sluggish database performance. 1 minute initial page loads on a clean drupal install is pathetic.
