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Subject: Re: Configuring an older server for speed...
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Sahil Tandon wrote:
> Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> wrote:
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>> Kurt Buff wrote:
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> [...]
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>> I would recommend fBSD 6.3 instead of 7. You don't need it, unless you have 
>> a documented reason it has to be 7.0
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> Please qualify that recommendation; as it stands, it is pure FUD.
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>   
I don't see the need. And I couldn't get 7 to install on my brand new 
machine. Once I got the 6.3 amd64 build it went in without an issue.

I don't see the reason to run the latest and greatest for a file/web 
server. Desktops are one thing, but you can get more out of your CPU and 
RAM with less clutter out of the box.