From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 06:14:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-ISP@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-ISP@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFFF516A40F for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:14:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 098F743CA2 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:14:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.21] (andersonbox1.centtech.com [192.168.42.21]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBI5peWt059779; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:51:41 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <45862C79.9080204@centtech.com> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:51:53 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061015) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Knepper References: <4585A6B0.6010800@digitaldaemon.com> In-Reply-To: <4585A6B0.6010800@digitaldaemon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2352/Sun Dec 17 14:22:59 2006 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: FreeBSD ISP Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.5 -> 6.1 for ISP purposes X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:14:56 -0000 On 12/17/06 14:21, Jan Knepper wrote: > Hi... > > Currently running FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE, but am considering running jails > with ezjail however nullfs does not seem to be stable in 5.5. > > Has any of you upgrade a life system 5.x to 6.1-STABLE? Any serious > gotcha's? > > How is 6.1-STABLE for server purposes stability wise? (Dual Opteron > machines with 2 GB of RAM and 256GB SATA drives) > > Thanks! > Jan 6-STABLE is very solid. I've upgraded about 20 systems from 5.x to 6.x. One thing I did on all of them was to go to the latest 5-STABLE code first, then hop to 6-STABLE. I highly recommend 6-STABLE for the many many UFS/VFS bug fixes. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------