Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 12:48:56 -0700 From: Christopher Kelley <inbox@kelleycows.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2 Questions Message-ID: <3F33FEA8.7060504@kelleycows.com> In-Reply-To: <20030808190055.5AE9137B404@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20030808190055.5AE9137B404@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > >> Subject: >> Re: 2 Questions >> From: >> Kresimir Kumericki <kkumer@phy.hr> >> Date: >> Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:52:59 +0200 >> To: >> stable@freebsd.org >> >> >> While we're at it ... I have this old Pentium 200 MHz with 96MB RAM >> running FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE. How much more system resources (RAM and >> CPU) FreeBSD 5.* needs in comparison to 4.8? I just want to hear some >> educated guess, whether for me it is recomended at all to upgrade at >> some point or am I better off tracking 4-STABLE (at least while it is >> supported by security patches an such). >> >> >> I'm currently running 5.1-RELEASE as a firewall/router/internal DNS server on a P166 with 64MB ram, for an admittedly small home network. I choose 5.1 because I wanted to run the pf port from OpenBSD. I have a 2.4 gig drive with /, /var, /tmp, and /usr, and a 325 meg drive with swap and /home. It typically runs about 98% idle. I did compile a custom kernel to get rid of the drivers and such that my system didn't need (had to anyways, to run pf). I'm very happy with the performance of that system. I had run 4.8-RELEASE on that box before turning it into a router, and I really can't tell any difference between 4.8 and 5.1.
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