Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 04:56:27 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New (blade) server - stick with FreeBSD 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7? Message-ID: <20070604085627.GA22626@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070604074600.GA3542@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20070604074600.GA3542@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:46:00AM +0200, Ewald Jenisch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm about to set up a new server that should run basically > network-monitoring (MRTG, Cacti etc.). Hardware will be HP C-class > blade based on AMD Opterons. > > Should I stick with FreeBS 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7 (see > http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html - "June 2007 Start FreeBSD > 7.0 Release Process). Note "start". The release is still many months away, so presumably you do not wish to wait until then to install your server :) You should definitely keep an eye on it though, there is a lot of good stuff coming up in 7.0. > The question basically is: Will FreeBSD7 be "current" or "stable"? It will be the start of a new stable branch. Kris
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