From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 9 6:20:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from oak.drexeltech.com (oak.drexeltech.com [64.39.31.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0311637B50C for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 06:19:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@johnturner.com) Received: from elmo.johnturner.com (adsl-static-1-C7B2BC85.detroit.mi.ameritech.net [199.178.188.133]) by oak.drexeltech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA98592 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:27:47 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from john@johnturner.com) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20000809085819.02434958@mail.johnturner.com> X-Sender: jturner@mail.johnturner.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 09:19:54 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: John Turner Subject: Q: which version is most stable for a server Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello - I have to build a new server today. It will be a heavy usage web, email, and MySQL server, on the public internet. My question: the latest FreeBSD versions were released just last week. Which FreeBSD version is the most stable for this server? It has to be hugely stable, I mean rock solid, no downtime whatsoever (pending a sys-admin goof). Most of my experience has been on 3.x, and those boxes are extremely stable, on the order of multi-month uptime (a couple over a year). Is 4.1 ready for prime time? Or should I use my old install media and stick with 3.x? I have 4.0-RELEASE one a few boxes, and they are OK, but they don't have the track record the 3.x machines have. Opinions and comments appreciated. Thanks. - John Turner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message