Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:19:52 -0600 From: "David B." <incomex@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org Subject: migration question Message-ID: <BAY123-F17EAA4109121BB68A3AF6DB4360@phx.gbl>
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Hi, I'm currently using OpenBSD 3.8 on an E450. I have a few issues with openbsd and am considering migrating over to freebsd. openbsd does not support SMP on the sparc64, I have 4 processors and am only using 1. I understand that SMP is fully supported in freebsd. I am currently using RaidFrame to raid5 the Enterprise Network Array of 14 fiber channel drives. Does freebsd support hardware raid? specifically, DPT raid cards? If not, does it have a mature RaidFrame option I can compile into the kernel? I currently am running to Raids, Raid0 is where I have my boot drives raided together, and then Raid1 is where I have all of my fiberchannels raided together. If you don't support Raidframe, but do support hardware raid, have you a solution where I can raid my two boot drives together? or do I just go get another raid card and do it that way? Oh, if you don't support DPT that's OK, I'll go buy whatever you guys do support; I'll just have to have a hardware list, which I'm sure is available on your site. Also, I am running postgresql as my database, I'm assuming Postgres is available? I am also thinking that you probably are using a 1.x version of Apache? like Openbsd does, because it's more secure and there seems to be an issue with Apache2 licensing? And finally, the big thing about openbsd's claims is that they are very secure, which I suspect is probably true; how much, if any, is there a real difference in the security of your kernel, versus openbsd? I'm assuming you guys have everything chrooted by default like openbsd does, but I can't imagine there is too much of a difference in a default install; it's not like you guys are just going to leave known vulnerabilities unfixed. Have you an idea, like 1 to 100 scale on security? or is there a website where I can find a benchmark? The fact that openbsd doesn't support hardware raid, and doesn't support SMP on the sparc6, along with a few other issues is rather frustrating, and I don't mean to bother with so many questions, but it's a big step to reformat my drives, take my site off line, and make the big leap, and then find out during the install, that something I need isn't supported. yeah, and one other thing, for some reason my probe during boot doesn't find my floppy drive, can you imagine that? So I have this huge computer, running securely, but I can't use my floppy. Any input would help tremendously, thanks for the time. David Burleigh
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