Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:58:48 +0200 From: Benjamin Lutz <benlutz@datacomm.ch> To: Eriq <admin@tigergroup.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.11 vs. 5.4 stablity Message-ID: <42E6C028.6020806@datacomm.ch> In-Reply-To: <42E6BD98.1060300@tigergroup.org> References: <42E6BD98.1060300@tigergroup.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigB8A6A259800831E80FD08C17 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Eriq wrote: > I am running 4.11 on a dual amd box and have found it solid as a rock > for running apache2, postgres, dns and postfix. But now I am thinking > of upgrading. I wonder if 5.4 is as stable for these servers that > must run 24/7. And is it worth all the trouble to do, I have grown > pretty lazy :) I'd go with that old saying, never touch a running system. 4.11 is still going to be maintained for quite a long time, so if your machine runs fine now, why not leave it as it is. If you want to upgrade, maybe you should wait a bit longer and give 6.0 a closer look (set to be released in August at the moment). My current impression is that it's stabler than 5.4 (but then, other people have reported otherwise - I suppose it's somewhat hardware-dependent). Cheers Benjamin --------------enigB8A6A259800831E80FD08C17 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (Darwin) iD8DBQFC5sAsgShs4qbRdeQRAkRiAJ9jM0unHmeJjh2aXIWzxXTUInO+VwCgjFdp vOp6J9iot78TOaptd9MdBoU= =+T5X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigB8A6A259800831E80FD08C17--
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