Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:18:19 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: listvj <listvj@summerhost.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Major Version Upgrade 4.11 to 5.x Message-ID: <457D063B.2040705@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <457CDE4B.2050103@summerhost.net> References: <457CDE4B.2050103@summerhost.net>
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listvj wrote:
> I'm interested in upgrading from 4.11 to 5.x. I currently track 4.x
> stable using cvsup, but I've never done a major version upgrade.
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> First, should I bother? My hardware has dual pentium 1.13 processors
> with 1G ram (I'm considering maxing it out at 4). I host email and web=
> sites for a few domains on this machine and I have four jails configure=
d
> on it which will have to be upgraded too. I have users counting
> particularly on mail service not being down for too long.
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> Other than the obvious advice to start with a good backup, can anyone
> tell me:
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> 1) Will I gain a major benefit from upgrading
> 2) Where should I look for instructions / advice on upgrading
> 3) Also any general advice from personal experience.
> 4) Just how risky is this?
Uh -- why upgrade to a branch (5.x) that has already had it's last
release and is worse performing than both 4.x and 6.x? You should
really be looking at upgrading to 6.2-RELEASE just as soon as it
comes out (Real Soon Now).
As for risk -- for various reasons you will be better off doing a
clean install of 6.x and rebuilding your server from the ground up.
It's no more risky than installing any other server -- unless you
have some legacy binary-only application that you absolutely have
to run, it is virtually certain to succeed.
You biggest problem would seem to be the downtime required to do
the update -- if you can manage it, probably the least consumer
impact method is building the upgraded system on fresh disks on a
scratch box, and then finishing the upgrade by a disk-swap. Which
also has the added benefit that you have a ready-made back out
path.
Cheers,
Matthew=20
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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