From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 9 22:08:01 2004 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 53B3D16A4CE for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 22:08:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from server1.mataira.com (dsl093-133-205.sfo4.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.133.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00DB543D4C for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 22:08:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vbkumar@mataira.com) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (dsl093-133-178.sfo4.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.133.178]) by server1.mataira.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i99MECne099600 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 15:14:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vbkumar@mataira.com) Message-ID: <41686104.20409@mataira.com> Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 15:07:00 -0700 From: Balakumar Velmurugan Organization: Mataira Systems, Inc User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Macintosh/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: FreeBSD Release Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: bala@mataira.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:08:01 -0000 Hi, We are starting development on a new project that would go production in the fall of 2005. I have been evaluating Release 4.x and 5.x branches for the suitability. Our target platform is AMD64 and AMD32 uni-processor systems. We like most of 5.x features except for its performance and conerns about the availability of a STABLE version in our time window, and I would like your opinion to choose the right FreeBSD version tree to start the development right now. BTW, we dont have any plans to run on SMP architecture, our target platform will always be uni-processor based. Questions are, 1. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x performance will be optimized and be comparable to today's 4.x stable versions ? 2. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x will be as stable as today's 4.x released versions ? 3. What is the most architecturally optimized FreeBSD version if he primary application is network services, IP forwarding and various TCP/UDP services ? 4. What is the most architecturally optimized FreeBSD version if he primary application is network services, IP forwarding and various TCP/UDP services ? Thanks in advance. Bala