From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 14 13:24:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D0C16A4CE; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:24:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from tigra.ip.net.ua (tigra.ip.net.ua [82.193.96.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 943AE43D1F; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:24:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ru@ip.net.ua) Received: from heffalump.ip.net.ua (heffalump.ip.net.ua [82.193.96.213]) by tigra.ip.net.ua (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2ELSBee003243 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:28:13 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ru@ip.net.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by heffalump.ip.net.ua (8.12.11/8.12.11) id i2ELNtrJ094995; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:23:55 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ru) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:23:55 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Travis Whitton Message-ID: <20040314212355.GB91191@ip.net.ua> References: <20040314210727.GA4938@grub.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040314210727.GA4938@grub.ath.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: DougB@FreeBSD.org cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Upgrade strategy for production server X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:24:16 -0000 --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 04:07:27PM -0500, Travis Whitton wrote: [...] > > That said, I'd like to suggest an alternative proposal. If this system > > is so crucial to your operation, it ought to have some redundancy, > > right? :) Why not do a head to head test with 4.9 and 5.x-current on > > the same hardware? That way you solve several problems at the same time. > > You'll be able to determine conclusively if 5.x works for you, you'll > > have a hot spare system ready to go in case of a hardware failure, and > > you won't have any downtime at all during upgrade cycles. >=20 > Not a bad idea at all. We do regular backups of course, but it's always > nice to have a drop-in replacement. Thanks very much for your input. > I look forward to being a member of the outstanding FreeBSD community. >=20 You're much welcome, submit PRs with patches! ;) > FYI, the server will be acting as a repository and access point to many > years of historical(and current) environmental data, so you can add that > to the list of tasks that FreeBSD performs. >=20 Ditto, submit a URL when it's done. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov FreeBSD committer ru@FreeBSD.org --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVM1rUkv4P6juNwoRAsrcAJ9kJ3mNNlLh9UgFbhDYRPfODtT7yQCgin39 W/xgE5vH4aKU3G1npIgptlo= =ht7N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ--