Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 18:36:26 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: bala@mataira.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Release Question Message-ID: <20041009183626.74f97fb7@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <41686104.20409@mataira.com> References: <41686104.20409@mataira.com>
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On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 15:07:00 -0700 Balakumar Velmurugan <vbkumar@mataira.com> wrote: > 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 ? Which did you test? Did you turn debugging and ect off? Tried 5.3beta7 yet? > 2. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x will be as stable as today's 4.x > released versions ? http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/schedule.html > 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 ? Not tried forwarding yet on 5x, but for TCP/UDP services, not speed problems with them on my box. Wait a bit till 5.3 is released and then bench market it after optimizing it.
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