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    Talking Any Ubuntu Dedicated Server Recommendations?

    Hi there

    I am planning to get a dedicated server that runs Ubuntu Linux, hopefully unmetered(if not, at least 3TB/month for bandwidth) and around 100 GB HD space.

    I was hoping to consult everyone for recommendations

    Thanks

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    I would first choose the server that you want, and then request with that provider if they will install Ubuntu.

    Any provider that wants your business should not have a problem with installing Ubuntu...
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    Ubuntu is a very nice OS. I have used it here as a workstation, we have also tested it on the server side and it runs excellent.. good luck.

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    Our techs have been using it on their workstations...seems to be getting a huge following. I personally have not touched it, as I have no interest in re-installing all my stuff ;-)
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    Thanks for the replies

    We hope to not spend more than $350/month.

    We have been using Ubuntu in our testing phases of our server and hope to stay with it. Since we already have a lot of stuff installed, it would be cool if we can just copy the image over to the server

    These are the stuff we will be using on our server:

    Apache2
    Tomcat 5.5
    Openlaszlo 3.3.3
    Subversion
    Trac
    SSH
    Wordpress
    Postfix, tls, pop, imap, pop3 NOT sendmail
    proftp
    mySQL server
    J2SE sdk
    Webalizer
    squid http caching server
    vnc
    ejabberd
    smarty
    memcached
    PEAR
    Hamachi
    GD2
    Nagios (network monitoring tool)
    cfengine2 (network administration configuration tool)
    punjab (http poll/binding proxy for jabber)
    Twisted project (needed by punjab --- network libraries for python)
    Zope Interface (needed by twisted --- python component manager)
    Python
    libming (a swf converesion tool)
    phpmyadmin
    phpldapadmin
    Internationalization
    eAccelerator

    Thanks!

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    With your budget you definitely have no problem finding a server. Not alot of hosts support Ubuntu but if you request it, I am sure they won't have a problem installing it for you as it is a linux based OS.

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    We just did a test install on Ubuntu x64 for a customer, and we will be adopting it for our offerings. The install went by flawlessly.

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    As everyone mentioned, contact the provider you are interested in. I would say the majority of them wouldn't have a problem burning it for you and then installing it.
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    Cool, btw, what would be a good port speed to get?

    I usually see the four options 10 , 20, 50, 100 Mbps

    Would 10 Mbps be sufficient for most cases(even in slightly higher-than usual traffic)?

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    What exactly is it you are doing? ie; streaming videos at 256kbps with 20 people viewing. Then calculate the port size required.
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    While Ubuntu is really nice for workstation computers, since it is directed at making the install easy and fast for newbies to linux, I'm not sure why you want it for your dedicated?

    You may want to look into Debian if you like apt-get, or freebsd.

    I'm not a linux guru by any stretch but I do know Ubuntu is aimed towards a home workstation environment and not for the stability needed for a dedicated server.

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    No, I will not be doing any streaming at all

    but we might some short bursty traffic when users visit the site

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    Ubuntu's targets are desktops and it is based on Debian Linux. Ive seen one amazing thing developed on Debian because of the large variety of software available as .deb packages, easy to install and mentain.

    Debian has one of the biggest community around, so I would go with it. however you are free to stick with Ubuntu
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    Quote Originally Posted by coax
    While Ubuntu is really nice for workstation computers, since it is directed at making the install easy and fast for newbies to linux, I'm not sure why you want it for your dedicated?

    You may want to look into Debian if you like apt-get, or freebsd.

    I'm not a linux guru by any stretch but I do know Ubuntu is aimed towards a home workstation environment and not for the stability needed for a dedicated server.
    Ubuntu is just debian re-packaged and is fine in a server enviroment just like debian etch (testing). I run debian on all my workstations, and freebsd on my servers. I have one server that has ubuntu, its just a glorified debian. And you can LAMP it within 15 minutes:

    http://www.ubuntu.com/server

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