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kozaki

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From: London >. < Paris

Registered: 2005-06-13

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Wich kernel suits for small file server / gateway+Python?

In short: are kernel-beyond or emission special features (latence, stability, ...) worth for a LAN file server? for a gateway + Python (Zope/Plone) PC? and for a gateway that do router/firewall/proxy behind a Linksys router/FW?

Details:

We've got a PIV 1,7GHz with 512 to 1024 Mb sdram as a file server for <10 PCs (rsync, (duplicity), Samba, tar, gunzip, vsftpd).
Compiled kernel26-emission wain's PKGBUILD without X ; it takes just 7 Mb RAM after boot with sshd & vsftpd started

2nd PC is a Pentium II 350MHz with 192 Mb sdram on 2 smal SCSI HDDs
It serves as a router/firewall/DHCP & DNS server with ADSL connection, & hosts a Python (Zope/Plone) server that likes RAM & CPU.
Now runs Arch Linux with a custom kernel-2.6.15-archck kernel.

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