backbone / kernel

[dtorgy]

1. What backbone are you on, and what kinda bandwidth are we talkin about?

2. I am planning on using Debian; what kernel('s) am I allowed to use? Is it a set kernel - if so do you allow netfilter/IPTables?

[AndrewKT]

Here's the list from Teknic as of this post:

Debian 3.0 (woody / 2.4 kernel recommended)
Debian 3.0 (minimal)
Debian 3.1 (sarge / 2.6 kernel recommended)
Debian 3.1 (minimal)
Debian Testing
Debian Testing (minimal)
Debian Unstable (minimal)
Gentoo 2005.1
Fedora Core 3 (2.6 kernel recommended)
Fedora Core 3 (minimal)
Fedora Core 4 (minimal)
CentOS 3.4 (RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 / 2.4 kernel recommended)
CentOS 3.5 (RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 / 2.4 kernel recommended)
CentOS 4.0 (RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 / 2.6 kernel recommended)
CentOS 4.1 (RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 / 2.6 kernel recommended)
Mandrake 10.1
Mandrake 10.1 (minimal)
Mandriva 2006.0 (minimal)
Slackware 10.1 (2.6 kernel recommended)
Slackware 10.1 (minimal)
SuSe 9.3 (minimal / BETA)
Ubuntu 4.10 (warty)
Ubuntu 5.04 (hoary)
Ubuntu 5.10 (breezy)

* minimal basically means it's a tiny instal

[matta]

GNAX.net is the datacenter / network provider. We are a colo customer and run our own routers/switches/power/etc.

GNAX.net has their backbone graphs online. Our connection to them is redundant ethernet and is at only 15% capacity.