From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 19:41:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33FC8106564A for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:41:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.wilcox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C528FC1F for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:41:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk8 with SMTP id 8so1294800gxk.13 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:41:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=vI/e4ogszkaUJqAAapUG+jt18sj5VfzX6wTLhE+vDKU=; b=GS5PYlJ06Vmi9+PnU6YGbRB3vWm6FphkcxVrFa2DVNRVtOc6FMwkljiVH9fkvgSYId KUT70AJxzPlkJYzfPQidoUJi1DoO3AFXlydklVFt87BVWVF6SuQ06EBqe6SXlly9LOPS fnxhAgSaMFb3gatyR8YdBV2gY2+FOTEHP6Y8c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HtgC3Sxqfezc0daEnV6LlAIT+prPsoum+AfaFq3Omf1XD1mpEEqTs6yu4emj1XTglJ Oh6oINb7I6+LN5fS/bVk30VB4c/V/KuJmrq0gMNmeqQVdcaXN8kSD6yFyqmjWI4y9GNi 03FlQYIYmXB7Y+Lh7qK6EUMA3tIwM0dG0uv48= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.87.8 with SMTP id k8mr1683882agb.6.1295034107223; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:41:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.120.11 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:41:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D30A1C6.7050808@tundraware.com> References: <4D3099FC.10807@gmail.com> <4D30A1C6.7050808@tundraware.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:41:47 -0500 Message-ID: From: Kevin Wilcox To: Tim Daneliuk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: FreeBSD Decision X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:41:48 -0000 On 14 January 2011 14:19, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > On 1/14/2011 12:46 PM, Alessandro Baggi wrote: >> Hi list, I don't want make a flame post but I would ask an objective opi= nion, then not a camp opinion, about using FreeBSD or Debian Linux in a pro= duction environment < snip > > IOW, your selection has less to do with the OS kernel and more to do > with the set of tools, applications, and hardware that surround the OS. > If all things are equal, I prefer FreeBSD because it has a smaller > footprint on the hardware and is easier to install/maintain than Linux. > However, whether we like it or not, there is far more commercial and > third party support for *some* linux distros (RHEL and SLES). I agree completely with what Tim has said. I'm not in that large of an environment (but not terribly far from it) and we run a mix - Windows for some things, various Linux distributions where it makes sense, FreeBSD and OpenBSD in other areas. There is never one solution that fits every scenario in a large environment unless you provide one set of services and make it a point to specialise on offering those services on one platform. > Given what you've told us, if it really does come down to Debian > or FreeBSD, it sounds like you don't need much in the way of > third party stuff. =C2=A0In that case, I'd use FreeBSD. Indeed. From the sound of it, everything he needs is available in ports and can be broken into roles for management by a combination of something like puppet and OSSEC (I like the FIM component). As a general rule, unless Linux is required for hardware support or because application runs better on Linux, I'll opt for one of the BSDs. However, that is MY personal opinion...if everything else is equal and it's a true toss-up, I'd recommend you go with the OS you're the most familiar with hardening and managing. kmw