From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 9 09:48:20 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F4CF16A4CE for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:48:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0939743D2F for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:48:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j099mKj49554 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 01:48:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 01:48:19 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <109593615.20050109100927@wanadoo.fr> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Freebsd 5.3 Performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 09:48:20 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Anthony > Atkielski > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 1:09 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Freebsd 5.3 Performance > > > Robert Watson writes: > > RW> All I know is that the XP bits don't crash every week, they > crash every > RW> three weeks. :-) My NT4 box crashed almost continuously. > > I have three machines, running FreeBSD, NT, and XP. All of them will > run until I boot them. They don't crash, or at least I can't remember > the last time I saw any of them crash (except for a hardware problem > that was crashing FreeBSD until I replaced the hardware). > > All of these operating systems are rock stable when used and > administered appropriately. I haven't had XP long enough to prove it, > but NT and FreeBSD will run for years without a boot in many cases. > Agreed, but this depends on what your doing with NT4. If your an ISP and your running NT4 or 2K or one of the Microsoft server platforms as a virtual host server for customers to use, then it is going to get stuffed up at least once every 3-4 months and have to be rebooted. And if a customer is writing their own ASP code then watch out! Crashes may occur daily! We know this from experience and we have several MCSE's on staff and run the stuff on Compaq Proliants, we know how to admin Microsoft products. Generally in an internal corporate setting where little changes on the server, once you have one of the Windows server platforms properly setup, as long as your using brand-name hardware, they will run for a long time without trouble. Ted