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rayherring
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We use RHEL 6 on our production DB server, RHEL 5 on our production web server (running the Webspeed Messenger), RHEL 5 on the development DB server and RHEL 5 on the development web server (again with Webspeed Messenger). If i had to do it all again, i would drop RHEL in favour of Debian, easier to work with, easier to upgrade when necessary, etc... If you know Unix, then picking up Linux is dead simple since they are pretty close in likeness to each other. Windows vs. *Nix, it's a time old debate, personally with servers where you need high uptime, *Nix is a better choice (my opinion), the need to reboot it is extremely rare (our production DB server has been up for 67 days, but then, you can have a windows machine up for that long too (assuming you don't install windows updates). We pay a support contract for RHEL, though we've never had to use it and it is a bit on the pricey side, one day, one day i'll be able to convince a change, though it would require a lot of work to do the switchover in the beginning.
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