Will DA work on this configuration?

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I am just wondering.

My base config:

CPU: 3*4 core @ 3,09 GHz each Xeon RS991
RAM: up to 256 GB (currently 100 GB at all)
Drive: 10*DayDreamS SSD 256GB

I am asking because if I start pay order, there is no way-back. So I need to know it.
 
Definitly yes, i just suggest to use CentOS 6.4 64Bit as operating system for best compatibility with DA as it get compiled on a RHEL based server.

Regards
 
Its an absolute waste of hardware for one directadmin server. I would just put some virtual server OS on it so you can make virtual machines and get more use of the hardware.
 
scsi said:
Its an absolute waste of hardware for one directadmin server. I would just put some virtual server OS on it so you can make virtual machines and get more use of the hardware.
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Who said that I need this server for DA only? Its going to host all of my services like mails, webs, ftps and so on.

SeLLeRoNe said:
Definitly yes, i just suggest to use CentOS 6.4 64Bit as operating system for best compatibility with DA as it get compiled on a RHEL based server.

Regards
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To be honest I am somehow divided between CentOS and Debian. Could you please tell me what is so special in CentOS that makes you recommend it? Just technically.....apart from compilation. Many thanks :)
 
Well i did start using DA since about 8 years ago using FreeBSD, but was freaking me out since i did never used FreeBSD before, so i did switch to Debian cause i do use Ubuntu and almost all command are the same, and it was pretty good... but... at the end i did switch again on CentOS.. no reason why.. at least.. dont remember any.. but... i did had a good feeling from beginning, the only "pain" was to learn where the system files where located (for example network configuration file path is different between RHEL based systems and Debian systems).

Now is about 4/5 years im using CentOS on all my system and i do have no issue at all, feeling so good with this, was just a personal suggestion made by experience, no technical reason at all between Debian and CentOS.

Regards
 
developer said:
Who said that I need this server for DA only? Its going to host all of my services like mails, webs, ftps and so on.
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As long as those services are managed by DirectAdmin you shouldn't have a problem. If you're going to manage those services yourself outside of DirectAdmin, it'll be up to you to make sure you run them in a compatible way.
To be honest I am somehow divided between CentOS and Debian. Could you please tell me what is so special in CentOS that makes you recommend it? Just technically.....apart from compilation. Many thanks :)
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If you're very familar with Debian, then use it. My understanding is that DirectAdmin is first build on CentOS and then ported to other OS Distributions but I'm not certain. Personally I'm more at home with CentOS on my servers (though I use Debian-based MINT on my desktops.

And I like the yum exclude feature which I don't believe has a counterpart in Debian's apt-get.

Jeff
 
nobaloney said:
And I like the yum exclude feature which I don't believe has a counterpart in Debian's apt-get. Jeff
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Hi Jef,

If you want to exclude packages on Debian/Ubuntu you can use "hold". E.g.:
Code: 
sudo apt-mark hold <package>
or
Code: 
echo <package> hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections
If you don't want to update the kernel for example, you should use:
Code: 
echo linux-image-2.6.34-31-virtual hold | dpkg --set-selections
The kernel version number is mentioned in the 'menu.lst' file.

More info on Pinning here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto
 
Thanks, Themis.

When you do it this way, is the 'hold' sticky, even after reboots? And is there a list anywhere, of held packages? Years ago I preferred apt-get to rpm, and in fact even installed a special apt-get system for RPMs on many machines, but since YUM came out I haven't looked back.

As I wrote previously, I've stuck with CentOS on servers, though I use Debian-based MINT on our desktops (though I'm currently looking for a new desktop distribution; hopefully one with continuous updates instead of a version release cycle).

Jeff
 
Hi Jef,

Yes, "hold" will hold the package no matter what. A package marked as hold will not be handled by dpkg, unless forced to do so with --force-hold.
You may use:
Code: 
apt-mark hold <package>
apt-mark unhold <package>
aptitude hold <package>
aptitude unhold <package>
to hold and unhold packages and dpkg --get-selections to see what is set:
Code: 
# dpkg --get-selections | head
acct           install
adduser        install
apparmor       install
apparmor-utils install
apt            install

Another way: install the Wajig program, which offers a simple command line interface to Dpkg and Apt.
Code: 
# apt-get install wajig
# wajig hold <package>
# wajig unhold <package>
# wajig list-hold
 
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