From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 22 02:06:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7B4516A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:06:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 616DB43D55 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:06:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kjelderg@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a36so170713rnf for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:06:41 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=gYvs5OGB9uxhmhYoQphENsMOwZQ7KAfDDk0hA2eKkyYpq+0N9tKrfaQtaaxJbjuiFFQOWiYN/PKgQzr7NliP15uSSlmodcdGtu6PAdmLInVC89K7YLGhGwQOyrsL+Jj+SWczj5rIpv5v0gcBOasXOKiyTXa1B6kmZH+zNBIBbG8= Received: by 10.38.77.37 with SMTP id z37mr627179rna; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:06:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.15.10 with HTTP; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:06:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:06:40 -0600 From: Eric Kjeldergaard To: Steve Camp In-Reply-To: <20041121180539.A4962@aslan.camp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041121180539.A4962@aslan.camp.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Most Suitable version of FBSD for server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eric Kjeldergaard List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:06:41 -0000 > Which version of FBSD is currently most appropriate for use as > a server (mail, NFS, samba)? 4.9? 4.10? 5.somethingorother? Obviously you'll want something current so 4.9 is out of the question. That kind of leaves the 2 distinct branches. These are the 4.x and 5.x and are currently represented by 5.3 and 4.10. Which you want is rather for you to decide. I recommend trying both. It seems like a lot of work, but is probably best. Many say that for SMP, 5.3 has advantages although there have been threads in the lists that argue both ways. I would recommend trying with 4.10 for a while and 5.3 for a while and load-testing each to see which performs better and which best fits your needs. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.