From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jul 23 10:52:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27057 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:52:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from er3.rutgers.edu (52348@er3.rutgers.edu [165.230.180.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA27037 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:52:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from damascus@er3.rutgers.edu) Received: from localhost (damascus@localhost) by er3.rutgers.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA20734; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:51:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:51:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Damascus To: Lee Reese cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Viability of -current for Usenet News In-Reply-To: <35B73B60.41C67EA6@gwinnett.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Lee Reese wrote: > We have been having quite a bit of trouble running a Usenet News server > over the last 8 months. The machine in question is a dual Pentium Pro > with 256MB and a DPT 3334UW Raid Controller. > > What I would like to do is convince the Sysadmin that FreeBSD might be a > better platform than Slackware Linux for administering the server. The > machine would be running INN 2.0. We have seen severe buffering > problems with the RAID controller and Linux in its present state. Could > anyone give any reasons why FreeBSD may be a superior OS for such an > application so I can convince the Sysadmin to switch? Thanks. > > Lee Reese Hardware wise, Linux should have some pretty decent support. I don't know if FreeBSD's drivers for the DPT raid controllers are good.... but I am pretty sure they are good. However, slackware linux as a major server? I do not know about that one... I used to use slackware, then tried Debian. Debian is much better with it's package system. You try upgrading a slackware system in the long run... GOOD luck, at least Debian has an easy time with it :) ... but when it comes down to serious adminning, I like FreeBSD the best. It is the easiest to admin, far more organized than any Linux Distribution, fastest TCP/IP stack, better performance, cvsup makes it the EASIEST to upgrade, both applications and core OS, and a spiffy daemon screen saver too! (sorry if lines are all messed up... pico seems to like doing that even though it look fine here) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message