Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Jun 17 13:59:59 CDT 2014
Hi Gustav: According to the information given, using the latest 64bit Hyper-V 2012 server R2 along with the latest 64bit Ubuntu 14.04 (LTS) would give you full features without issues. It does seem like the way to go. As mentioned before OpenSuse, Debian and CentOS would make the best enterprise servers but their implementations tend to be older and supposedly more stable but they may also lack the latest features. Ubuntu is always leading edge and has a huge community following to help if any issues arrive. Keep us posted on your progress. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 11:55:53 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Linux server OS under Hyper-V (was: Poll: What source code control system do you use?) Hi Jim Thanks. I would prefer an in-house server, and we do have the server capacity, so I located this page: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn531030.aspx with comprehensive info for several distributions. Will study it when time comes (another task on the never ending to-do list). It seems not so difficult to establish: <quote> The collection of drivers that are required to run Hyper-V-specific devices are known as Linux Integration Services (LIS). ... For newer Linux distributions, LIS is built in to the Linux operating system, and no separate download or installation is required. </quote> /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 16. juni 2014 23:31 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Poll: What source code control system do you use? Hi Gustav: I would go for the Ubuntu version as its friendlier. Both Debian and CentOS are serious enterprise versions and unless that is where you want to go, IMHO, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit would do you better. (Note: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit is out now Too bad but you could easily run up your own VD or then there is DigitalOcean which has droplet template that comes with a fully installed gitlab, already to go. $5.00 per month and if you use the promo code LASJune, you could get an addition two months for free. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-the-gitlab-one-click-install-image-to-manage-git-repositories Then if you like gitlab and decide not to continue the data could be downloaded and the system could be replicated with Hyper-V An aside: It is not yet ready for either the MAC or Windows but soon it should be. Version 1.0 just came out this week. If is Docker.io of course. Check out the following link describing Docker's LXC (Linux Containers) system: https://docs.docker.com/faq The following description: "So let's say you have a container image that is 1GB in size. If you wanted to use a Full VM, you would need to have 1GB times x number of VMs you want. With LXC and AuFS you can share the bulk of the 1GB and if you have 1000 containers you still might only have a little over 1GB of space for the containers OS, assuming they are all running the same OS image. A full virtualized system gets its own set of resources allocated to it, and does minimal sharing. You get more isolation, but it is much heavier (requires more resources). With LXC you get less isolation, but they are more lightweight and require less resources. So you could easily run 1000's on a host, and it doesn't even blink. Try doing that with Xen, and unless you have a really big host, I don't think it is possible. A full virtualized system usually takes minutes to start, LXC containers take seconds, and sometimes even less than a second." Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 9:56:53 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Poll: What source code control system do you use? Hi Jim Exactly what I have been looking for - except that it is Linux only ... So, if I should create a Hyper-V virtual server for this, which of these should I choose for maximum success at minimum efforts: https://www.gitlab.com/downloads/ /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 16. juni 2014 18:41 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Poll: What source code control system do you use? Hi Guys: Just a note. If you are using GIT via github you might also want a personal version to use for your home/website/business. You could try the community version of GitLab. See and download it from: https://www.gitlab.com Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com