Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:26:16 -0600 From: Manuel Rabade Garcia <mig@mig-29.net> To: Steve Camp <steve@camp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Most Suitable version of FBSD for server? Message-ID: <20041122042616.GD5873@mig-29.net> In-Reply-To: <20041121194029.B4962@aslan.camp.com> References: <20041121180539.A4962@aslan.camp.com> <d9175cad04112118064b90bfba@mail.gmail.com> <41A14D60.4080709@makeworld.com> <20041121194029.B4962@aslan.camp.com>
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Steve Camp, who happens to be smarter than you, thinks: > On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 08:22:24PM -0600, Chris wrote: > > Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: > > >>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. > > > > > > > While I agree (in part) I think the user ought to move to 5.x - 4.x is > > legacy, and no telling how much longer it will be until there is little > > to no support or development for it. > > Is the <current> branch of 5.x (assuming 5.3 based on previous response) > been fairly stable in people's experiences? Has it been fairly bug-free? > (I realize that is a pretty subjective question...) > As a desktop or server OS FreeBSD 5.3 has been very stable for me (a pretty subjective answer :-P) My suggestion is to use FreeBSD 5.3 without doubt, you will get more hardware supported, better performance, more features and (maybe the most important) more support (security patches, bugfixes, etc). Greetings. -- Manuel Rabade Garcia WWW - http://mig-29.net GPG - 1024D/AA3325C0 2002-09-30 Fingerprint - D2E5 76E1 CE2D 8783 545D 1F41 399B 5765 AA33 25C0
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