From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 9 23:37:15 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 3CA5F16A4CE for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 23:37:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail1.cableone.net [24.116.0.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E771343D2D for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 23:37:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.122.25]) by smail1.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.9b) with ESMTP id 21200591 for multiple; Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:37:00 -0700 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 18:36:26 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: bala@mataira.com Message-ID: <20041009183626.74f97fb7@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <41686104.20409@mataira.com> References: <41686104.20409@mataira.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: vbkumar@mataira.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Release Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 23:37:15 -0000 On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 15:07:00 -0700 Balakumar Velmurugan 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.