From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 9 14:55:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DBB106564A for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 14:55:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andriy@irbisnet.com) Received: from smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 097F38FC0C for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 14:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 21100 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2010 14:55:07 -0000 Received: from smtp.irbisnet.com (andriy@99.235.226.221 with login) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 09 Oct 2010 07:55:06 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: dz9sigaswBA5kWoYWVTZrGHmIs2vaKgG1w-- X-YMail-OSG: lxj2XXEVM1mL.tU9HRkmISBAe5HCbOolKKWxWDeiIgwsHyO dYq5oGv4TAM4eRu1FRTBfh9.jjkx0He72cZs4fJLkncnb0RpDET4V.4eXR8U jIx6Yc4CPdWV9xitHAmasi8lOjWjAwNW4LDLboR4WXD4UD3hSO0tDue15mdF x60pKStio95VvvQwYVsj2jTPze6EGsnybLUjZO6mxR5cQE1sHAikGFiXm9uG XxP_Ntr1yud1MpM8n5sIKPjZngy1asOGgMX0REyqlf6ojJo2aSAPSgB..uTC lznkTcdKTp.S1kjHvFbJp7VgTPB83RW5Mxl30cGpyaBSk8IpMav88HT3.CYA GjKvTU0GqHCLfWwvRN74NkX1A2n_t38mVdbshEbYNfqJ2aSrPPpH17VzD8tM 4VZlUwXEZTRDqTPS3MPR3bZl4Wd3gLQimVWuHj98DRlaFQA-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from [10.123.50.70] (unknown [74.198.12.74]) by smtp.irbisnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 262CFA4F6; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 10:55:06 -0400 (EDT) References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8B117) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <169A4F62-0509-4AE9-A4A5-F9CADD08140D@irbisnet.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8B117) From: Andriy Bakay Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 10:55:35 -0400 To: Pete French , Andriy Gapon Cc: "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Serious zfs slowdown when mixed with another file system (ufs/msdosfs/etc.). X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:55:08 -0000 Do you know any more convenient way (except make buildword, etc.) to upgrade= /update several boxes to STABLE on regular basis? Something like freebsd-upd= ate or maybe some process, tips, tricks, etc? Thanks. On 2010-10-08, at 6:11, Pete French wrote: >> Ok. But how stable (production ready) the FreeBSD-8-STABLE is? What is yo= ur opinion? >=20 > I am running 8-STABLE from 27th September on all our ptoduction > machines (from webservers to database servers to the company mail > server) and it is fine. I am going to update again over the next > few days, as there are some ZFS fixes in which I want - and which > may benifit you too - so I will be able to report back next > week as to how a more recent version behaves. >=20 > In general though, I have never had problems running STABLE on > prodyction systems over the years. Of course what I do is to test it > on a singlre machine before rolling it out (a leaf in a webfarm > so if it goes down it wont affect the business) but it is usually > fine. keep an eye on -STABLE mailing list though, as that is where > problems arise. I watch that, and also the dailing commits, either here >=20 > http://www.freshbsd.org/?branch=3DRELENG_8&project=3Dfreebsd&committer=3D&= module=3D&q=3D >=20 > or here >=20 > http://www.secnetix.de/olli/FreeBSD/svnews/?p=3Dstable/8 >=20 > Just to see whats going into the tree relative to whats being discussed. > It only takes a few minutes a dat to monitor the mailin lists and the > commits, and the result is that we've been running STABLE for a very > long time (close to a decade I suspect) with great success. >=20 > -pete.