Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 09:35:06 +0000 From: Andy Miller <andy@trit.org> To: Arno Haverlach <ahaverlach@sleektech.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What version of freebsd.. Message-ID: <20040425093506.GA28941@charade.trit.org> In-Reply-To: <1082881615.6336.0.camel@stupid> References: <1082881615.6336.0.camel@stupid>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 10:26:55AM +0200, Arno Haverlach wrote: > Currently were going to reinstall all servers we have from redhat 9 to > freebsd because redhat 9 is EOL... > > But after reading a few mails here that 4.9 is most likely not supported > for a long time.. what version should we take then? > > We will be using it for multiple servers (mail, database, app, web > etc..) > It depends. Most people will tell you that 4.9 will be the best version to use for a production environment, and they would be right. However, the 4.x branch won't be around forever. Some day in the not so distant future, 5.x will go to -stable. If you want proven reliability, go with 4.9. If you think you might want to upgrade to 5.x in the near future, you might want to use 5.2 so you don't have to hassle upgrading from 4.x to 5.x. I have personally been using 5.x since it was still only -current. I've had no problems on any 5.x-release systems, they've always preformed well. I hope this helps you decide. Good luck with your switch. -- Andy Miller [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAi4ZI7Gy/m4mCrLkRAs4aAKCvfjc79xBHlB5LuWf8KuNR07gXJACg5SPS Jk+xU07KdBGXRWz/Z6NL9YA= =vCz5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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