<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>PHP 7 is almost 2x faster and I use MariaDB and CentOS for work and production. No complaints here except that some of the repos are a bit dated, but there are 100 tutorials on upgrading to PHP 7, so I wont burn time writing one. If you also want to speed things up, I highly recommend using Docker however.<br><br></div>Creates a sense of security between applications/server.<br></div>Skip a LOT of setup when Docker containers have lot of environment variables you can set to do things for you.<br><br></div>If you like the idea of Docker, but want something more 'native' and mature. FreeBSD is also good w/ it's jails. That's just my two cents.<br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">Andrew McRobb</span><br></font></div><font size="4"><font size="2">Full-time Software Developer</font><br></font></div><font size="4"><font size="2">Part-time Freelancer</font><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><a href="http://mcrobb.info" target="_blank"><font size="2">mcrobb.info</font></a><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Nathan O'Brennan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:plugaz@codezilla.xyz" target="_blank">plugaz@codezilla.xyz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
I've been using RedHat/Centos for 20 years now and generally don't look much else for my server needs. I have a production server that is seriously straining under the load and it appears to be time to upgrade to a larger server. But I'm wondering about the benefits of php7 and maybe a newer mariadb than what currently ships on Centos 7.<br>
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Call me an old dog, but I'm not exactly thrilled with the idea of using Ubuntu server and learning all the new stuff. I'm a developer who also is tasked with managing all the servers and just not sure I'll have the time to learn new tricks.<br>
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Maybe I'm just looking for a confidence boost, but any other devops guys here using linux web serving and looking at some of the newer technologies?<br>
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I appreciate your thoughts and insights.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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