Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:30:37 +0200 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New (blade) server - stick with FreeBSD 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7? Message-ID: <4663DBBD.9020506@intersonic.se> In-Reply-To: <20070604085627.GA22626@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20070604074600.GA3542@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20070604085627.GA22626@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:46:00AM +0200, Ewald Jenisch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm about to set up a new server that should run basically >> network-monitoring (MRTG, Cacti etc.). Hardware will be HP C-class >> blade based on AMD Opterons. >> >> Should I stick with FreeBS 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7 (see >> http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html - "June 2007 Start FreeBSD >> 7.0 Release Process). > > Note "start". The release is still many months away, so presumably > you do not wish to wait until then to install your server :) You > should definitely keep an eye on it though, there is a lot of good > stuff coming up in 7.0. > >> The question basically is: Will FreeBSD7 be "current" or "stable"? We are running several non-critical (including this T42 laptop) and one critical (SMTP) machine with -CURRENT and so far it's been a matter of getting the source from a good moment in time, mostly the snapshots. So far very few problems. You need a testbed to try stuff out on though. Per olof
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