From owner-freebsd-current Wed May 5 23:59:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dt057n14.san.rr.com (dt051nc7.san.rr.com [204.210.32.199]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A019114C01 for ; Wed, 5 May 1999 23:59:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@gorean.org) Received: from gorean.org (master [10.0.0.2]) by dt057n14.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA27835 for ; Wed, 5 May 1999 23:59:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@gorean.org) Message-ID: <37313DC9.FCAE4D71@gorean.org> Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 23:59:21 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: How stable is -current? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG First off, let's assume that I'm aware of all the traditional caveats re -current being bleeding edge, read the lists, etc. and am willing to deal with that. Now let's assume that I am trying to convince the powers that be at work to use freebsd for an upcoming CGI server project. Here is a relatively precise quote from the boss, "I think what we're going to do is set up a box with dual 500's and put linux on it because says that their stuff runs best on linux, I think because of the disk access or something like that." So the most important things I need to know (in no particular order): 1. In general how stable is -current? I know it goes through periods of instability, but assuming that I'm following the lists and know when not to build, could I put a 4.x box up and not be embarrassed? 2. Our architecture is *highly* dependent on NFS. I know that the good work on NFS is happening in -current, which is why I'm considering it. How well does -current NFS mix with an almost all-Sun network? Any plans on MFC'ing the NFS fixes to -stable? 3. How good and how stable is SMP currently, and does -current offer any big advantages over -stable in SMP? 4. How about other "new" features, like soft updates and vinum? Any other words of advice would be greatly appreciated. My experience says that a linux box won't handle the load that we're going to put on it, so if I can come up with something that works and outshines linux I earn points for me, and the project at the same time. If on the other hand, it chokes, errr... that'd be bad. :) I have a scratch box at home that is completely blow-up-able, so putting in the time to make it work is not a problem, I just need to know where to start. TIA, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** Nominated for quote of the year is the statement made by Representative Dick Armey (Texas), who when asked if he were in the President's place, would he resign, responded: "If I were in the President's place I would not get a chance to resign. I would be lying in a pool of my own blood hearing Mrs. Armey standing over me saying, 'How do I reload this damn thing?'" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message