Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 10:30:09 -0500 From: "Bill Moran" <billm@craftmfg.com> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Overall "feel" for the stability of FreeBSD 5 Message-ID: <002901c2f9f5$e909c2f0$613818ac@craftmfg.com>
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I'm considering setting up a FreeBSD 5 machine as a dedicated backup/archive computer on a network I administer. I'm curious to hear some opinions on how wise this is. I know that 5 is still in a -CURRENT status and I've seen (and repeated) the warnings that it's not really production quality yet. So I'm curious as to a number of facets of its capibilities: 1) With the current developmet effort ... does it seem like 5.1 will be -STABLE ... or do folks feel that a -STABLE brand is further off (5.2?) 2) For a dedicated backup server, that can tolerate the performance problems that folks have been reporting, and won't upset the entire office if it panics on occasion, is 5 good enough at this point? I know this is inviting a lot of opinion and conjecture ... but I need some idea of where I can go with this. These folks need a solution soon, and I don't want to pass on something that's not ready yet. On the flip side, the nature of the beast means that it doesn't NEED to be a reliable as I normally expect a FreeBSD server to be, so there's a little more tolerance than usual. Any input is greatly appreciated. -Bill
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