From owner-freebsd-stable Thu May 20 10:41: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pop.uniserve.com (pop.uniserve.com [204.244.156.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 172E314C15 for ; Thu, 20 May 1999 10:40:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tom@uniserve.com) Received: from shell.uniserve.ca [204.244.186.218] by pop.uniserve.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #4) id 10kWoK-00035R-00; Thu, 20 May 1999 10:40:48 -0700 Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 10:40:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom X-Sender: tom@shell.uniserve.ca To: Sergey Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? In-Reply-To: <19990520173615.24308.qmail@nym.alias.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 20 May 1999, Sergey wrote: > Hi! > > I'm using 3.1R on heavy loaded server ASUS/P-II-233/128Mb/Adaptec 2940UW. It > worked good first 2-3 three weeks, but now I got a lot of > panics - aprox. one crash per 1-2 day. The 2.2.X works on same hardware > works without single crash for monthes... > > It's very possible that it is caused by hardware problems, but I can't > confirm yet. > > So, I would like to hear expert's and user's opinion... > > (1) Is there known bugs in kernel that causes panic? 3.1-RELEASE had some problems. 3.0-stable should be good now. > (2) Did you got any panic on your new 3.1 server? How many? See archives. > (3) Does 3.X kernel code is really "dangerous" relative to 2.2.x? > For example: due to new CAM, SMP, softupdates ... > > P.S.: Excuse my ignorance, in case it is well discussed topic. > > Thanks, Sergey. > ___ > "It's great to be here, to see you all..." > Scorpions. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message