From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 1 17:13:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD411065687 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:13:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: from ibctech.ca (v6.ibctech.ca [IPv6:2607:f118::b6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C6638FC22 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:13:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 1788 invoked by uid 89); 1 Jul 2008 17:15:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?IPv6:2607:f118::5?) (steve@ibctech.ca@2607:f118::5) by 2607:f118::b6 with ESMTPA; 1 Jul 2008 17:15:31 -0000 Message-ID: <486A65D0.4090103@ibctech.ca> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:13:52 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman References: <48698AB9.7070802@cwis.biz> <20080630190821.1e0cc713@gom.home> <20080630231705.02193cae@verizon.net> <20080630203436.1cc7505d@gom.home> <4869BCB8.9060906@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4869BCB8.9060906@infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, prad Subject: Re: Configuring an older server for speed... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:13:51 -0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: >> should we use 7 or think about going with 6.3? >> > > I'd go with 7.x every time. It wipes the floor with 6.3 performance-wise > and it is just as stable and bug-free as you'ld expect from FreeBSD. > You've > seen it works for you: there's no conceivable reason to downgrade. I agree with Matthew here. We have a few production 7 boxes now, some being re-deployed completely from 4.x, and a couple that have come from 6.x. Although I don't have any documentation to show a performance increase, it certainly hasn't gotten worse. (I went to 7 for testing for particular reasons very early on). Any issues I've run into with 7 are just as prevalent in 6, so my vote would be to follow the 7 train. (Note: the only issues that I have *personally* run into so far are related to the 're' driver, which is out of context here). IMHO, more eyes are on the 7 track, so if you have the choice to build a new box, why 'downgrade' right off the bat (its not my intention to knock 6.x BTW)? Eventually you will be forced to jump a major revision which in some cases given user applications can be a bit of a headache. Stick with what is here and now, and leave 6.x as your upgrade path for your current 6.x boxen until you can get those boxes upgraded too. BTW, to the OP.... I would suspect that your initial delay that causes the 'Internet to be slow' is related to DNS somehow. Hit a webserver by its IP and see if the problem goes away. Steve