Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 18:32:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: BSDI 2.0 vs. FreeBSD 2.x Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960616182236.22948A-100000@scooter.quickweb.com>
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I know how much everyone (myself included) hates making comparisons between OS's - but unlike the pointless Linux vs. FreeBSD debates, I find myself wondering about this one... Unfortunately, I don't have the resources (hardware, time, or money ;-) to do a comparison of BSDI and FreeBSD on the same machine, so I thought I'd ask if anyone else out there in FreeBSD land has any experience with BSDI and if so what their impressions are. The reason I ask is that I currently run several FreeBSD 2.1-stable machines as web/realaudio/mail servers, and I swear by them. I've never been so thoroughly impressed with an OS -- thanks to all involved. I know from experience how much FreeBSD rocks Linux in a multi-user high load environment, but I'm curious about BSDI's performance. The service provider we're teamed with uses BSDI for shell machines, and they seem to do VERY well (full news feed, 4000 users, named, etc. all running from a 486...). He swears by BSDI, and now he's outgrown his 10-machine license from BSDI. Upgrading would be VERY, VERY expensive. I of course told him to ditch BSDI and try out FreeBSD. The BSDI folks are charging a lot for their OS these days, and I'm not convinced they have anything over FreeBSD. What are your thoughts? Is BSDI really more stable than FreeBSD, and how well does it perform? Any thought much appreciated!!! TIA, -Mark :%t$sig -- Oops, thought I was in vi.. ------------------------------------------- | Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com | | C-Soft www.quickweb.com | -------------------------------------------
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