Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2441 mails)

[Ben Higginbottom <benh.suse@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/2/05, Michael James <Michael.James@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> cat /etc/SuSE-release /proc/version:
> 
> gives   SuSE Linux 8.1 (i386)
>         VERSION = 8.1
>         Linux version 2.4.21-251-smp
>  This machine is my obsolete cross to bear (no one else to blame)
>     I just have to do the work of porting all services to SLES9.
>     It's not on the internet... ;^|

Up until two months ago I was nursing a 7.3 server that was, and
bosses that thought a firewall was a security device.

But I am not in the bad place anymore :)


> 
> We've got oracle 10g running a treat on SLES9.

/me sends daggers of envy

I have a real mismash, including my predecessors personal distro
rolled off the source of RH 4. If I have any more surprises I'm
thinking of sending his .bash_history to his new employers :-)

> 
> I have the luxury of a development server,
>  so I can run up the new server, load the app, test it,
>  then swing it into production with very little downtime.
> As soon as the new server is accepted as stable,
>  the old one gets re-cycled as the development machine.
> 

I'm pushing for something like this, although personally I'm after a
very high spec server that I can then stick vmware on and do
destructive testing. At least I can dream.

> Hit them with a report they can't ignore,
>  new cards IS the easy cheap option.

Your right. Any recommendations for current hardware?

Cheers,

Ben