From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 20 16:32:42 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6003A16A418 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:32:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com) Received: from blah.sun-fish.com (blah.sun-fish.com [217.18.249.150]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB7CF13C467 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com) Received: by blah.sun-fish.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 7EDAA1B10E0D; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:32:33 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on blah.cmotd.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, J_CHICKENPOX_54 autolearn=no version=3.2.3 Received: from hater.haters.org (hater.cmotd.com [192.168.3.125]) by blah.sun-fish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC73A1B10EBB; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:32:30 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <471A2D9E.7030705@moneybookers.com> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:32:30 +0300 From: Stefan Lambrev User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070918) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: syle ishere References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4546/Sat Oct 20 14:46:40 2007 on blah.cmotd.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which version to install for next 2-3 years? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:32:42 -0000 Hi, syle ishere wrote: > I have a coloed box, OS on their now is ancient redhat 9.0, was > thinking about new SMP support and mysql speed advancements in 7.0. > I'd just hate to install 6.2 on it right now and thats way it stays > for next 2-3 years if 7.0 is stable enough to use right now. I threw > away freebsd boxes on 4.x branches because of SMP issues of it only > using 1 processor for mysql etc, but I see alot has changed again. > Server is a dell 2650, 8 gigs of ram, dual 3.2ghz xeon cpu's, 6 scsi > drives. I use this box mainly for apache/php, mysql, qmail,bind, perl > and asterisk c development time to time. > > If I download latest snapshot, cvsup latest 7release and just make > world etc on it, would it be alright? I see the new scheduler for 7.0 > had some nice benchmarks for mysql. Nobody can answer your question :) You should try it and if it works for you then great. I personally installed on my laptop FreeBSD 7 (current) few months ago and I'm quite happy with it. I also have dell 2650 running FreeBSD7 (i386) from Aug, and the only thing that is not recognized is "Embedded Systems Management Device" and even "ipmi" does work, but my server is not heavily loaded. > > Dan. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get Cultured With Arts & Culture Festivals On Live Maps > http://local.live.com/?mkt=en-ca&v=2&cid=A6D6BDB4586E357F!2010&encType=1&style=h&FORM=SERNEP > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Best Wishes, Stefan Lambrev ICQ# 24134177