Re: ftp (with virtual users + quota support) and dns servers ; software for logfile analysis and tmp cleanup ; mysql 4.0

[Markus Welsch <markus.welsch@suk.net>]

> I personally use Proftpd. It has performed well enough for my uses.. As to
> quotas.. I'm honestly not sure on that..

Well I'm also using ProFTPd currently. vsftpd offers a pretty nice performance 
boosting though :-)

> I do recomend switching to Bind9. There are alternatives, but Bind9 seems
> to be the only one that can actuaslly follow protocal AND adapt for the
> other servers inability to.. There's a sizeable chunk of Bind deticated to
> dealing with errors generated from both DJBDns and windows based DNS
> servers (*shudder*)
>
> Overall, Bind9 has given me the best performance and relyability..

We're using BIND 9 not yet chrooted on all servers though.

> I run logcheck, it sends out hourly e-mails to the address of your choice
> and does sexactly what you mention above..

Okay so it looks like I have to check for that one :-)

> Uhh.. That's a good question =P.. I have 2% of my tmp partition filled, so
> I haven't really worried about it..

Hmm I do not know how it will behave on a heavy load webserver ...

> I'm interested to see how this performs as well.. I'd love to keep my DB
> services up to date..

Well I'll do some performance testing and post my results here :-)

> Anyway, hope my rambling helps!

Sure :-)


Greetings,

Markus