I agree with the CentOS or Ubuntu sentiment. The only piece of wisdom I'd like to add is to pick a distro that you know well. If and when the shit hits the fa

I agree with the CentOS or Ubuntu sentiment. The only piece of wisdom I'd like to add is to pick a distro that you know well. If and when the shit hits the fan, you'll be glad you know how to quickly and properly assess your bottleneck.