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Date:      Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:47:46 -0900
From:      Beech Rintoul <freebsd@alaskaparadise.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Am I an Idiot?
Message-ID:  <200612081448.04287.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com>
In-Reply-To: <4579EB08.8080704@intersonic.se>
References:  <4579EB08.8080704@intersonic.se>

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On Friday 08 December 2006 13:45, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We're running around 25 FBSD servers, mostly 6 and a few 5-STABLE. For a
> few months, we also run our internal storage/smb/whatnot machine on
> -current. Never had ANY issues. Just works, and better than 6-*.
>
> Now, we are about to replace our MX's and I'm thinking of deploying
> -current on them instead of upcoming 6.2. Right now running tests on the
> hardware, two ProLiant DL360G3 cpu's and everything looks just fine.
>
> Am I an idiot or is anyone else out there running -current on production
> systems? I figured if one MX goes haywire at least we've got another
> one... Very interested in your opinion.
>
> Thanks /per

One of our servers, my personal server and two of my clients have been=20
running  -CURRENT for months. Except for some minor bumps in the road (main=
ly=20
on upgrades) they have all worked flawlessly.

One suggestion, at /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c go to line 176 and=20
#define NO_MALLOC_EXTRAS, it was put in for testing and undefined causes a=
=20
noticeable performance loss.

Running -CURRENT can be risky, but I test out each upgrade on my personal=20
server before putting it into production. Also, it's especially important t=
o=20
read UPGRADING. It's kept me from getting bit several times.

To sum it up, I personally have no problem running -CURRENT on a production=
=20
machine.=20

Beech
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