Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:26:45 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@complx.LF.net> To: Subhi S Hashwa <lists@subhi.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading from 4.10 to 5.3R, is it worth the upgrade just yet? Message-ID: <20041128082645.GG62738@complx.LF.net> In-Reply-To: <635707213.20041128053727@subhi.com> References: <635707213.20041128053727@subhi.com>
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Hi!
> I have couple of 4.10 production boxes. is there any major advantage to
> upgrade to 5.3R ?
>
> or should I just leave a working functioning system alone..
Here's a list of reasons why we are currently analysing this option:
o filesystem snapshots
o SMART Support (ATA disk monitoring and early warning)
o fast background fsck
o SATA support
o pf
o more recent IPsec (probably usable, it wasn't in 4.10)
o jails: icmp, multi-ip support
o new features in the ports
o better threads (unsure, how much better?)
o SMP/HTT support improved (unsure, how much -- we have crashes on
some 4.10 systems?)
o Changes in the networking code as described in
http://people.freebsd.org/~andre/FreeBSD-5.3-Networking.pdf
We're not migrating any production system right now, but we've
installed two reference server (which will be used as baseline for
other 5.3/5.x systems).
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