Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 22:09:40 +1000 From: Jason Leschnik <leschnik@gmail.com> To: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Subject: Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <CAN1XHtcFKgdo63Ud9JBFiHW6jG9817cMqCo_vUC2nQDUuGUFiw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80C9CF39-B4B2-4F2E-BC30-138BB692C91A@my.gd> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <4FC742BF.4080005@my.gd> <20120531102127.GV39168@e-new.0x20.net> <80C9CF39-B4B2-4F2E-BC30-138BB692C91A@my.gd>
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A freebsd-update + portsnap + portupgrade is really quick... I even wrote this little script to check for pkg_updating info: http://leschnik.me/blog/?p=3D79 Thanks. On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> wrote: > On 31 May 2012, at 12:21, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: > >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:06:55PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >>> >>> On 5/30/12 8:20 PM, David Chisnall wrote: >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> This is off-topic, so please feel free to disregard it, but I'm sendin= g it to this list in the hope that it will reach a largish number of users. >>>> >>>> I am currently looking at updating some of our advocacy material (whic= h advertises exciting new features like SMP support), and before I do I'd l= ike to get a better feel for why the rest of you are using FreeBSD. =A0If y= ou had to list the three things you most like about FreeBSD, which would yo= u pick? =A0Are they the same as when you first started using it? >>>> >>>> David >>> >>> >>> We're using FreeBSD here only for firewall boxes. >>> >>> >>> Reasons for using FBSD for firewalls: >>> - CARP >>> - relayd >>> - PF >>> - pfsync >>> >>> Reasons I can't get management to use FBSD for regular servers (web, >>> haproxy, db...): >>> - "hard" to use >>> - update process is "hard", time-consuming and annoying (as opposed to >>> debian's for example) >>> >>> A regular debian update is 5 minutes + reboot >>> A regular FBSD update is about 1.5 hour + 3 reboots (after >>> installkernel, installworld, rebuild of ports) >> >> But how often do you need to > > As a matter of fact, too often, that's te problem. > > We have > 800 servers and I can't argue that debian's update process is m= uch simpler and faster. > > There is also the performance aspect. > We get better performance on Haproxy and PGsql on Debian than on bsd.____= ___________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 Regards, Jason Leschnik. [m] 0432 35 4224 [w@] jason dot leschnik <at> ansto dot gov dot au [U@]=A0jml974@uow.edu.au
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