From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 23 17:26:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B7116A424 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:26:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71E2043D4C for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:26:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from pumice3.sentex.ca (pumice3.sentex.ca [64.7.153.26]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5NHPsm3029799 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:25:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by pumice3.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5NHQO50028143 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:26:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5NHQN6L010210 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:26:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050623131942.039d4658@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:27:35 -0400 To: freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mike Tancsa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 64.7.153.18 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 64.7.153.26 Cc: Subject: RELENG_4 vs RELENG_5 for mail router X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:26:27 -0000 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