Operating System Best Operating System For Tekkit Classic Server

[syblemz]

Hello,

 

So, I am going to make another Tekkit Classic Server on a dedicated machine, but I am unsure of which OS to use.  From my reading around, I have decided for it to be Linux, but not sure of which flavor.  I have heard Ubuntu or Debian are good, but which is better?

 

I'm not fussed on which is easier to use, just which would be faster, better and uses less resources.

 

This machine will be run headless.

 

The specs are:

CPU: Xeon E3 1245v2 - 4c8t - 3.4GHz

RAM: 32GB DDR3

STORAGE: 3 x 120GB SSD's

 

I do not need to use all SSD's but they are available at no extra cost.

 

Also, should I use RAID.  If yes, which is best.  The machine is setup for software RAID only which there is nothing I can do about.  And I will be doing regular backups anyway.

 

Thanks,

Syblemz

Edited November 16, 2014 by syblemz

[nickrcole]

Use whichever Linux OS uses less RAM, so you can allocate more to the server without having many problems. (I believe that it's Debian). Anyway I don't know much about RAID.

[syblemz]

Can anyone give me more information on this thread?

[disconsented]

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

[syblemz]

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

 

Thanks, I'll look into it. 

Edited November 19, 2014 by syblemz

[syblemz]

So, after some more reading around I have decided to do RAID 0 with a pair of SSD's. 

[disconsented]

You probably want to RAID 5 instead so you have some fault tolerance