From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 15:50:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AD1D10658BA for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:50:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E69728FC0A for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:50:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-255-48-78.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.48.78]:49266 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1LN7mN-0003vQ-8Z for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:35:39 +0100 Received: (qmail 7554 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2009 16:35:36 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 14 Jan 2009 16:35:36 +0100 Received: (qmail 23044 invoked by uid 1001); 14 Jan 2009 16:35:36 +0100 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:35:36 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Andriy Gapon Message-ID: <20090114153536.GA23011@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <200901141438.n0EEc0ww071823@mail.icsmx.com> <496E04AD.7010607@icyb.net.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <496E04AD.7010607@icyb.net.ua> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.48.78 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1LN7mN-0003vQ-8Z. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1LN7mN-0003vQ-8Z 3844372c0e541aac38cd9c29bd03c380 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simple? Hardware upgrade. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:50:54 -0000 On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 05:28:45PM +0200, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 14/01/2009 16:34 Jorge Biquez said the following: > > b) If is possible to "clone" the same installation to a new faster disk > > (like a sata 250GB). I know I can install a /.x version and for sure > > will work but here the idea is to have things running as usual without > > problems. This installation is very stable and secure and has been with > > us for years.... we would like to keep it working for more years.... :=) > > Somewhat tangential - are you sure that a new faster disk would really > perform faster on that old PIII system? Even if you use an expansion > card (which itself might require updates to kernel, ata driver at > least), PCI bus speed will stay limited to the same old value. The PCI bus should still be much faster than his old disk, so there is almost certainly room for improvement. (The latest generation of harddisk, on the other hand, are fast enough that a standard 32-bit/33MHz PCI-bus can actually be a bottle-neck.) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se