RE: Re: Server choice?

Firstly, getting back on topic, what about NAS and/or RAID support?
Will they be used, and which platform would have the better support?

Secondly,
> In my view *because* it is a critical component that you're updating,
> you want to have it done via a smooth, well-tested and secure
mechanism
> (e.g. apt-get install). When CRITICAL SECURITY UPDATE comes out you
> really don't want to be scrambling to know what version do I have now?
> Did I download all the right pieces? Did I remember to update my
apache
> module with matching versions too? Did I remember to restart apache?
> etc. etc. Distro-integrated updates make the process easy.

How you do trust and well-test a 3rd party upgrade mechanism, especially
when it knows nothing about your environment? =) MS Windows updates
would be the extreme example of why not to trust automated upgrade
tools.

Personally, I would rather have everything I need for the upgrade (and
potential rollback) stuffed into a local folder on the server so I can
check everything in and develop a repreatible deployment process on a
test server. Yes, having to deploy dependencies by hand is a pain, but
having an outside automated script Changing Things for me is pretty
stressful.

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Received on Thu Oct 18 20:22:21 2007