I suspect many OpenACS developers out there end up as ad-hoc Sysadmins
and DBAs, so, Linux gurus, what kernel version do you currently
recommend for a production Linux server, and why? I'm interested in
any info and opinions in general, but some of my current
questions/concerns are:
I want ReiserFS and dual CPU (AMD Athlon MP) support.
What are the ramifications of using a non-SMP kernel on an AMD SMP
Linux box? For example, using the stock non-SMP kernel that your
distribution initially installed... (I used the Debian 2.4.18 bf2.4
kernel.) Does that mean the system can be unstable due to missing
mutex locking in the kernel? Or that it will be stable but 1 cpu will
go completely unused? Or?
For those of you also running Debian, the
Debian Reference
manual has some info on building custom kernels, but it's not what
you'd call comprehensive. I tried building Debian-packaged kernel
sources from Testing on a Stable machine, and it didn't work at all -
I think due to build tool dependencies, but I don't remember exactly
now. In that case, I think the options are to upgrade everything to
Testing (which I don't want to do), or use non-Debian kernel sources.
What do you recomend, going about it the Debian way as described in
the manual (use make-kpkg, etc.), or in some other fashion?
Any other tips or advice? Thanks!
