From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 09:07:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2970416A420 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:07:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from yggdrasil.interstroom.nl (yggdrasil.interstroom.nl [80.85.129.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1BF743D49 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:07:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from ip127-180.introweb.nl ([80.65.127.180] helo=[192.168.1.42]) by yggdrasil with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1EeU74-0004IA-00 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:06:54 +0100 Message-ID: <4382DFAD.5040603@axis.nl> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:06:53 +0100 From: Olaf Greve User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.4.1.centos4 (X11/20051007) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner-Information: Interstroom virusscan, please e-mail helpdesk@interstroom.nl for more information X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: Subject: FreeBSD 6.0-release AMD64 stability/reliability? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:07:19 -0000 Hi, Well, the people who are going to order the hardware for the DB server I have been asking some question about have almost made their minds up. It seems indeed they'll go for an SATA 3ware RAID controller... Depending on availability and price locally over here they'll probably choose something from the 8000 or 9000 series. We'll see... Meanwhile: indeed I will be the one who will be installing the OS, and I'm looking at FreeBSD 6.0-release AMD64. Can anyone tell me whether that already is a smart choice for a live DB server (in terms of matureness, stability, reliability, etc.), or whether it would be wiser to stick to FreeBSD 5.4-release AMD64 for this? Also: in case at a later point in time I want to upgrade the complete OS to a more recent version (once they're available), will it be easy to go through the 'buildworld' process? From what I gather this shouldn't be too much of an issue, it's just that I've never done it before... Tnx in advance for any answers, and cheers! Olafo