Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:58:28 -0500 From: "Bill Moran" <billm@craftmfg.com> To: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Overall "feel" for the stability of FreeBSD 5 Message-ID: <002001c2fa13$0358d070$613818ac@craftmfg.com> References: <002901c2f9f5$e909c2f0$613818ac@craftmfg.com> <003b01c2fa01$257ac7b0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <001001c2fa0e$8dca5990$613818ac@craftmfg.com> <00ed01c2fa12$00534e10$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> > From: "Bill Moran" <billm@craftmfg.com> > > From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> > > > From: "Bill Moran" <billm@craftmfg.com> > > > > 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. > > > > > > What's wrong with 4.8-RELEASE? > > > > Doesn't support DVD burning. > > > > Sorry ... forgot to specify my reasons ;) > > What is the piece you're missing -- UDF filesystem support or ata driver > support? I don't know ... hence my posting. I'm still in the "planning" stages of this project. Budget doesn't allow me to purchase the required hardware until I'm fairly certain that I have a method to make it work (obviously, there's always some chance of unexpected problems, but I'm trying to gather enough information to minimize that) > I've seen patches to 4-STABLE to add UDF filesystem support. Perhaps that's > all you need. I'll google a bit ... but links would be welcome ;) Thanks for the help so far, Matt. -Bill
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