[ale] New server setup

[Gary MacKay]

I'm setting up a new server that I plan to host several domains (web and
mail) on. What is the prefered method of install? What I mean is, should
I stick to the rpm's or custom compile all software? Yes, I'm using
RedHat 7.1, (forget the flames, etc.), because the question applies to
any distro I think. Should I use the standard package manager (ie. rpm,
pkg_add, whatever) or compile from source? 

   Software info:
RedHat 7.1
Apache
MySql
PHP
OpenSSL
PostGreSql
Qmail
Courier-imap

   Hardware info:

HP e800 PIII 866
640mg ram
9.1gig SCSI (/dev/sda)
18gig SCSI  (/dev/sdb)

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6             985M   58M  877M   7% /
/dev/sda1              20M  4.0M   15M  21% /boot
/dev/sda7             4.4G  2.3M  4.1G   1% /home
/dev/sda5             3.0G  1.3G  1.5G  44% /usr
/dev/sdb5              16G   37M   15G   1% /var
/dev/hda              641M  642M     0 100% /mnt/cdrom

Note: No shell accounts, just pop3 and www.

- Gary
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