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majid.merkava
Hi guys
I'm trying to configure a collaboration suit (PHP, PostgreSQL, Apache) plus a mail server(Sendmail and Dovecot) on a single box. It will be used heavily 24*7. So having a long up time is really needed. I'm looking for 3 to 6 month up time. I want to know about kernel update frequency(because they are causing server reboot) for different operating systems such as Linux(CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu Server Edition), FreeBSD NetBSD, OpenBSD.
Could anyone help? I'm not trying to make a Linux vs BSD question as it is against forum rules.
First of all, I quite agree with the cluster idea.
If it is really of the question, put whatever distro you want and simple DON'T update kernel. You are not forced to apply each update of the distro. Actually in a production machine, you don't update at all, at least not automatically. If for example the "automatic" update request new version of apache, your machine will have a small down time. If problems with the new configuration files arise, then it will be big down time.
Don't update anything.