Apple Servers, the way to go...

These past two days, I've been struggling with getting RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 U4 onto a new server from HP (a HP Proliant DL140 G2). I've never seen such a difficult thing to get to install, it's even more evil than Gentoo Linux ever was when I used to install it onto servers. One would think that using a supported RedHat product like RHEL would ease the problems with installation issues, but no... RH couldn't even help me and neither did HP or LSI Logics for that matter. What I did later today was install Fedora Core 5 onto the server and lo and behold, it worked straight from the go sign.

What have I learned so far? I'd go for an Xserve (which I've also have installed and continue to work with, although there have been problems with that one too, but not installation issues atleast) or a Mac Pro with OSX Server any day over RHEL. My advice to those that think of buying a new server, check with the OS vendor for which release and update the OS has been verified for being compatible with that particular server.

Oh, and I know, this has nothing to do whatsoever with a mini-switch, but I just had to get these things off my chest :)