Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:36:11 -0400 From: =?UTF-8?B?6Z+T5a625qiZIEJpbGwgSGFja2Vy?= <askbill@conducive.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which version to install for next 2-3 years? Message-ID: <471A4A9B.2000703@conducive.net> In-Reply-To: <BAY102-F27A731E7403751B1A1A707CC980@phx.gbl> References: <BAY102-F27A731E7403751B1A1A707CC980@phx.gbl>
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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. > > Dan. > YMMV - you'll have to test with your mix of apps under your level and type of load. As always... I wouldn't discount 6.X, either - it has been rock-solid on a pair of Core D dual core, Tyan MB, AMD-64 and on a Xeon, HP MB as i386 since well before going 'gold'. With the newer Core-2 Quad-core, we expect to bite the bullet and go into production this week with 7-BETA1, if only 'coz there is so much new silicon in the channel that 7 already handles well and 6.X simply predated. Roast Penguin for Thanksgiving dinner should also save the cost of the other kind of turkey... We'll lift a glass to a very hardworking team of coders... Thanks folks! Bill Hacker
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