Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:27:35 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RELENG_4 vs RELENG_5 for mail router Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20050623131942.039d4658@64.7.153.2>
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We upgraded one of our inbound mail servers from RELENG_4 to RELENG_5. Hardware is the same. Its possible there is a measurement / reporting issue, not sure http://www.tancsa.com/upgrade.html But on the box, it does "feel" faster even at what used to be peak times in terms of responsiveness-- especially how it now handles big blast of spam. So it sort of backups up the numbers from that standpoint. Neither box was overly optimized. Apart from pulling some unused drivers out of the kernel configs, they were both essentially running GENERIC ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike
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