From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 29 21:43:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3AD51065698 for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:43:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fquest@ccstores.com) Received: from mail.qcislands.net (mail.qcislands.net [209.53.238.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54F98FC15 for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:43:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fquest@ccstores.com) Received: from [207.194.42.90] (helo=[192.168.1.5]) by mail.qcislands.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Lo2Vv-00062d-9y; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:25:59 -0700 Message-ID: <49CFE75C.1080404@ccstores.com> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:25:48 -0700 From: fquest Organization: City Centre Stores Ltd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Peel References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-local_scan: locally submitted (90) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 6.x -> 7.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:43:17 -0000 Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > We have (finally) made the decision to move our server (10 -Dell) from > Toronto to a newer data center closer to our office in London. > > Before I ask this question, I would like to ensure everyone I will be > reading all the docs I can find, but since the upgrade will be much > work, I thought I would ask the question here anyways :-) > > Question: given the items below, should I expext the make and build of > FreeBSD and the software below, to go pretty much as it did in 6.x? > (Does anyone know of any showstoppers)? > > All software below has/will be built from ports. > > Synopsis: > > 10 Dell 1U Rack servers (Intel Based, SCSI) more or less standard entry > level servers) > All running > -FreeBSD 6.x, > -Apache 2.2.x > -Mysql Server 4.x > -PHP 4.x > -Perl 5.x > -Exim 4.6x > -Spamassassin etc etc > > TIA, > > -Grant I did much similar with NO issues. HOWEVER. I 'upgraded' to MySQL 5.x BIG MISTAKE. 5 is considerably slower than 4. Do not move to 5 unless/until you need the journaling features (and other features) of 5. Otherwise, your transition should be seamless. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Jim Pazarena fquest@ccstores.com