Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:05:32 +0400 From: Gaspar Chilingarov <casper@web.am> To: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Am I an Idiot? Message-ID: <457D033C.2000307@web.am> In-Reply-To: <4579EB08.8080704@intersonic.se> References: <4579EB08.8080704@intersonic.se>
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Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > Hi all, > > We're running around 25 FBSD servers, mostly 6 and a few 5-STABLE. For a > few months, we also run our internal storage/smb/whatnot machine on > -current. Never had ANY issues. Just works, and better than 6-*. > > Now, we are about to replace our MX's and I'm thinking of deploying > -current on them instead of upcoming 6.2. Right now running tests on the > hardware, two ProLiant DL360G3 cpu's and everything looks just fine. > > Am I an idiot or is anyone else out there running -current on production > systems? I figured if one MX goes haywire at least we've got another > one... Very interested in your opinion. > > Thanks /per At least it's fun to run -current on production servers :) In case if you can have hot-swap server to test upgrades there and you carefully watch this mailing list and can suspect which things will break after each upgrade and which - not, it's OK. Especially if you run opensource software, which can be recompiled at any moment, and you can easility change servers without disturbing working environment - why not? -- Gaspar Chilingarov System Administrator, Network security consulting t +37493 419763 (mob) i 63174784 e nm@web.am
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