I am exploring an option to deploy a java application with jetty on Linode.
While my endeavor to create a production grade system with the minimum resource utilization (so that scarce resources could be saved for actual customer request); I came across DSL (a Linux OS claiming to be the most lightweight version of debian).
The website for DSL is http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
I tried going through the documents, but not able to determine if this can be replacement of full conventional Debian OS for hosting a Java application.
I am mainly concern about
- if the OS would be able to handle a JVM crash and does not corrupt system beyond recoverable.
- If it can provide enough OS level security to prevent a hacking attempt.
