[XYMON] New sever with Solaris or Linux
Hello,
I'm planning to install a new XYMON server and have to decide which OS to use.
I can install Solaris or Linux (RedHat, Suse). What are the pro and con according to you? I'm planning to use about 3 xymonproxies and at least 1000 clients (potentially up to 6000).
What about using SAN disks ?
Cordialement, Regards,Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Gautier BEGIN
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Gautier Begin <gbegin at csc.com> wrote:
Hello,
I'm planning to install a new XYMON server and have to decide which OS to use.
I can install Solaris or Linux (RedHat, Suse). What are the pro and con according to you? I'm planning to use about 3 xymonproxies and at least 1000 clients (potentially up to 6000).
either one should work fine and you probably want to use the one you are most comfortable with.
however, if this is your first time picking a OS, I would go with centos or ubuntu-server
What about using SAN disks ?
Cordialement, Regards,Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Gautier BEGIN
Admin and Tools Team CSC Computer Sciences Luxembourg S.A. 12D Impasse Drosbach L-1882 Luxembourg
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Stick with Linux. Ever notice how many special issues there are on this list and in release notes about Solaris?
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From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Gautier Begin Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:58 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] [XYMON] New sever with Solaris or Linux
Hello,
I'm planning to install a new XYMON server and have to decide which OS to use.
I can install Solaris or Linux (RedHat, Suse). What are the pro and con according to you? I'm planning to use about 3 xymonproxies and at least 1000 clients (potentially up to 6000).
What about using SAN disks ?
Cordialement, Regards,Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Gautier BEGIN
Admin and Tools Team CSC Computer Sciences Luxembourg S.A. 12D Impasse Drosbach L-1882 Luxembourg
Global Outsourcing Service | p:+352 24 834 276 | m:+352 621 229 172 | gbegin at csc.com | www.csc.com
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Go with Linux if you have no Solaris legacy. Solaris is not Sun Solaris any more. It is now Oracle Solaris.
tj
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:46 AM, White, Bruce <bewhite at fellowes.com> wrote:
Stick with Linux. Ever notice how many special issues there are on this list and in release notes about Solaris?****
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*From:* xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Gautier Begin *Sent:* Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:58 AM *To:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* [Xymon] [XYMON] New sever with Solaris or Linux****
Hello,
I'm planning to install a new XYMON server and have to decide which OS to use.
I can install Solaris or Linux (RedHat, Suse). What are the pro and con according to you? I'm planning to use about 3 xymonproxies and at least 1000 clients (potentially up to 6000).
What about using SAN disks ?
Cordialement, Regards,Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Gautier BEGIN
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What else is in use at your site? Are you for-profit? How important is cost vs support availability? What hardware do you have?
I'm a huge believer in keeping the number of operating systems low. You can leverage local expertise and local config management systems and repositories.
This isn't the place to talk about what Oracle's done to Solaris so I'll just say there doesn't seem to be any technical reason to want to run Solaris for xymon. Most FOSS is developed under Linux these days which means that most tools install more seamlessly on Linux. I'd consider using Solaris for a Xymon server only if you've got a primarily-Solaris shop to begin with.
Elisabeth,
I'm currently using XYMON 4.3.0.0 beta without any problem . The server is running under a Solaris 10 zone and have about 600 agents (a mix of Windows -BBWIN-, Linux, AIX and Solaris).
I want to install a new XYMON server (version 4.3.7) in order to validate a new architecture with more agents (at least 1000 and up to 6000), devmon module and xymonproxy (to make communicate diff. networks easily).
I can bear on both Solaris and Linux experts (they say, use Ubuntu or CentOS). But they are discovering the new Solaris 11 that seems to be a different OS than previous versions.
The test server will be VM (VMware) or a Solaris zone.
We are using VNX SAN disks. I can use Solaris T2000 or T4, or HP device for VM.
Cordialement, Regards,Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Gautier BEGIN
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From: Elizabeth Schwartz <betsy.schwartz at gmail.com> To: xymon at xymon.com Date: 01/25/2012 08:50 PM Subject: Re: [Xymon] [XYMON] New sever with Solaris or Linux Sent by: xymon-bounces at xymon.com
What else is in use at your site? Are you for-profit? How important is cost vs support availability? What hardware do you have?
I'm a huge believer in keeping the number of operating systems low. You can leverage local expertise and local config management systems and repositories.
This isn't the place to talk about what Oracle's done to Solaris so I'll just say there doesn't seem to be any technical reason to want to run Solaris for xymon. Most FOSS is developed under Linux these days which means that most tools install more seamlessly on Linux. I'd consider using Solaris for a Xymon server only if you've got a primarily-Solaris shop to begin with. _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Gautier Begin <gbegin at csc.com> wrote:
Elisabeth,
I'm currently using XYMON 4.3.0.0 beta without any problem . The server is running under a Solaris 10 zone and have about 600 agents (a mix of Windows -BBWIN-, Linux, AIX and Solaris).
I want to install a new XYMON server (version 4.3.7) in order to validate a new architecture with more agents (at least 1000 and up to 6000), devmon module and xymonproxy (to make communicate diff. networks easily).
I can bear on both Solaris and Linux experts (they say, use Ubuntu or CentOS). But they are discovering the new Solaris 11 that seems to be a different OS than previous versions.
The test server will be VM (VMware) or a Solaris zone.
We are using VNX SAN disks. I can use Solaris T2000 or T4, or HP device for VM.
well, for sun4v solaris would be the only choice.
Cordialement, Regards,Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Gautier BEGIN
Admin and Tools Team CSC Computer Sciences Luxembourg S.A. 12D Impasse Drosbach L-1882 Luxembourg
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From: Elizabeth Schwartz <betsy.schwartz at gmail.com> To: xymon at xymon.com Date: 01/25/2012 08:50 PM Subject: Re: [Xymon] [XYMON] New sever with Solaris or Linux Sent by: xymon-bounces at xymon.com
What else is in use at your site? Are you for-profit? How important is cost vs support availability? What hardware do you have?
I'm a huge believer in keeping the number of operating systems low. You can leverage local expertise and local config management systems and repositories.
This isn't the place to talk about what Oracle's done to Solaris so I'll just say there doesn't seem to be any technical reason to want to run Solaris for xymon. Most FOSS is developed under Linux these days which means that most tools install more seamlessly on Linux. I'd consider using Solaris for a Xymon server only if you've got a primarily-Solaris shop to begin with. _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
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