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| Thread ID: 102680 | 2009-08-28 02:29:00 | Ideas for an old server | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
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| 804889 | 2009-08-28 02:29:00 | We're in the processing of decommissioning our old Point-Of-Sale server, and moving to a new RHEL platform, which leaves me with the task of finding what to do with the current server. Problem is, it's an IBM pSeries (RS6000), which uses a PowerPC (RISC) architecture to run AIX Are there any Linux distro's that run on this architecture? We paid $40k + for this 5 years ago, and other than being out of warranty, I'd hate to see it sit there as a paperweight! ;) Any ideas? Will certainly look at selling it of course if necessary. |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 804890 | 2009-08-28 02:43:00 | What's the hardware specs like? | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 804891 | 2009-08-28 07:26:00 | Yes, there are plenty of Linux distros that will run on PowerPC systems. What's your level of Linux experience? I assume you're also aware that RHEL is available for PPC? |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 804892 | 2009-08-28 08:38:00 | Yes, there are plenty of Linux distros that will run on PowerPC systems. What's your level of Linux experience? I assume you're also aware that RHEL is available for PPC? Didn't actually know that Erayd! :blush: Level of linux is pretty basic; learned Unix (AIX) first on the above, and know enough not to get into trouble (which is half the battle on Linux/Unix!) Are there many apps available for PPC/Linux-based servers? |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 804893 | 2009-08-28 09:00:00 | Didn't actually know that Erayd! :blush: Level of linux is pretty basic; learned Unix (AIX) first on the above, and know enough not to get into trouble (which is half the battle on Linux/Unix!) Are there many apps available for PPC/Linux-based servers? Yep, there are squillions of apps available. Most stuff you can get for x86 is also available on PPC - the benefits of having open-source code means that most times all the distro packagers need to do is recompile the source with a PPC compiler. Obviously there are a few architecture-specific packages (e.g. wine) which won't be there, and most proprietary packages won't be available - no source code means they can't be recompiled for PPC. If you're looking for a free distro rather than paying for RHEL (sadly CentOS doesn't maintain a PPC port), I'd recommend Debian - they have a *very* comprehensive PPC port, with pretty much everything you're likely to want already compiled and in the repositories. Stay away from Ubuntu - it breaks. Reliably. If you don't mind getting down & dirty with the innards of your system, then you can't beat Gentoo :thumbs:. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 804894 | 2009-08-28 09:28:00 | +1 for Gentoo :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 804895 | 2009-08-28 09:33:00 | Yep, there are squillions of apps available. Most stuff you can get for x86 is also available on PPC - the benefits of having open-source code means that most times all the distro packagers need to do is recompile the source with a PPC compiler. Obviously there are a few architecture-specific packages (e.g. wine) which won't be there, and most proprietary packages won't be available - no source code means they can't be recompiled for PPC. If you're looking for a free distro rather than paying for RHEL (sadly CentOS doesn't maintain a PPC port), I'd recommend Debian - they have a *very* comprehensive PPC port, with pretty much everything you're likely to want already compiled and in the repositories. Stay away from Ubuntu - it breaks. Reliably. If you don't mind getting down & dirty with the innards of your system, then you can't beat Gentoo :thumbs:. Indeed - the whole realization I've come to since learning Unix is that Windows' propensity for hand-holding (at server level) is a hindrance rather than a help. Quite happy to chuck myself right in the deep end!! :thumbs: |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 804896 | 2009-08-28 09:36:00 | Indeed - the whole realization I've come to since learning Unix is that Windows' propensity for hand-holding (at server level) is a hindrance rather than a help. Quite happy to chuck myself right in the deep end!! :thumbs: Absolutely agree with you there :2cents:. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 804897 | 2009-08-30 12:30:00 | Re ideas for an old server, - - - the Sunny Acres Rest Home has a wing exclusively for retired waitresses and waiters. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 804898 | 2009-08-31 04:48:00 | Youse guys! "Ideas for an old server" Yez cracks me up with this lingo! We retire our maids and waiters and butlers in a nice sunny clime and send them monthly checks for 3/4 of their usual wages until they die . What do youse guys do to your domestic servers? |
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