RE: transition from win32 to *nix64

From: Paul Drake <discgolfdba_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:57:12 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <20040326225712.79209.qmail@web20405.mail.yahoo.com>

DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM> wrote:
> Paul - How strong is your *nix background?

Just Linux, starting with RH 5.1.
read lots of texts (Cockroft, Alomari, Morle) and maintain 3 RH servers currently.
I think that I have 2 years of experience, 4 times over, not 8 years of experience.

> My theory is that moving to a new
> platform produces frustration. Things you could do
> easily on the old system
> are difficult on the new system until you
> incorporate the mindset of the new
> system. Frustration is more easily dealt with when
> you understand that it is
> just a temporary inconvenience. Just my 2 cents
> worth.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

Thanks for your comments, Dennis.
The real indicator is how things are during a restore/recovery scenario.
I haven't practiced those yet on Linux.

Doesn't reading slashdot since its inception make one a grepmaster? I think that I have some of the mindset. Having an impressive shelf full of animals does not make one a good SA (there is quite the O'Reilly collection at home).

There's lots of details specific to any OS, like choosing optimal filesystems, getting async_io to work properly, but most of those are solved problems thanks to those on the list that blaze that trail for the rest of us (thanks Joe, Nuno).

Paul

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