On 6/14/2011 12:42 PM, Chris Baker wrote:
>
> The machines that are running Ubuntu are actually older than the machine
> that is running Fedora. People here had been using them as workstations.
> The Fedora box was purchased specifically to be used for backups. The
> Ubuntu machines have 1 GB of memory, and the Fedora box has 4 GB.
>
> Also, I sometimes run a direct cable connection to backups with the Fedora
> server--a cable directly from the client to BackupPC. I am still getting
> better performance with Ubuntu.

That is strange.  The differences between Fedora and Ubuntu are mainly
cosmetic.  At the core, they are both Linux.  There should not be a
major performance difference unless it is caused by an updated driver in
the newer OS.

> For a while, I was doing regular upgrades on the Fedora server. I did them
> until the first kernel upgrade was pushed out. After that kernel upgrade,
> my external drive was no longer accessible. I basically quit upgrading at
> the point and went back to the old kernel.
>
> I have no time for "upgrades" that break things.

You will get this issue with Fedora (according to reports...I don't use
it myself), but it should not be an issue with CentOS or Ubuntu LTS. 
Fedora is bleeding edge, so their updates can change APIs and make major
upgrades to libraries, which can cause issues at times.  CentOS (RHEL)
and Ubuntu LTS are more focused on stability, so their updates should
not cause that sort of problem.

-- 
Bowie

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