Question about Linux Distros

[David Johnson]

We use Debian across the board - Debian is of course very much a philosophy
as well as an OS.  In my experience Red Hat tends to be bleeding edge and
not very Posix or Standards compliant, although it will have all the latest
software and packages. Debian tends to be slightly out of date in its
packages and only tends to allow very very stable products into the
distribution and the packages must follow very strict guidelines on where
things are installed. Debian is frustrating at times because of its rather
Nazi like policy, but at the same time I know if it's on Debian it is going
to be rock solid, secure, and easy to maintain.  

Specific Pros (relating to Nagios):
* Easy to install
* Integrates easily with Apache with minimal effort
* OS and security upgrades occur easily without disrupting nagios
* Not bleeding edge
* The Clean OS design makes it easy to figure out what is being monitored
and the actual state when problems arise.  

Cons:
* Not all the latest plugins - I only found this to be a problem in one
case, with check_mysql.  


-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Sand Philipp
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 5:42 AM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: AW: [Nagios-users] Question about Linux Distros

We run Nagios on Fedora Core 2 without any Problems so far...
Why wouldn't you recommend it to run Nagios on Fedora?

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] Im Auftrag von Tedman Eng
> Gesendet: Freitag, 30. Dezember 2005 03:16
> An: 'Meyer, David R'; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Betreff: RE: [Nagios-users] Question about Linux Distros
> 
> All 3 Linux distros you mention run Nagios equally well.  The only
> difference being the Nagios packages, which are all 3rd party.  If I had
> to
> vote, I'd put RHEL (not Fedora) 1st, Debian 2nd, and Suse 3rd.
> 
> My bias towards RedHat is due to their enterprise-friendly Kickstart
> Installer (which is not necessarily nagios related)
> 
> Debian probably has better repositories, but you're only installing once
> and
> leaving the repositories alone after that.  Besides, you'll probably want
> to
> keep a copy of the packages that got installed, so in case of a disaster
> you
> can recover to the same version, which a repository won't always keep
> around.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meyer, David R [mailto:David.Meyer07 at ca.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:04 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Question about Linux Distros
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> I am going to convert my nagios-text install (no DB...just flat files) to
> a
> "real" install tomorrow.
> 
> Here is my question...
> 
> In your experience, which version of Linux is best for Nagios?  I have
> access to Red Hat EL, SUSE, and Debian and am equally comfortable with all
> of them.  BUT...I am a Nagios virgin.  Have you noticed one distro being
> better than another in terms of Nagios installing and running?
> 
> Also, which backend DB - - MySQL or PostgreSQL?  Same experience applies
> to
> both.
> 
> Thanks for your advice!
> 
> Dav
> 
> 
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