Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 13:14:27 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <80C9CF39-B4B2-4F2E-BC30-138BB692C91A@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <20120531102127.GV39168@e-new.0x20.net> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <4FC742BF.4080005@my.gd> <20120531102127.GV39168@e-new.0x20.net>
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On 31 May 2012, at 12:21, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:06:55PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >>=20 >> On 5/30/12 8:20 PM, David Chisnall wrote: >>> Hi Everyone, >>>=20 >>> This is off-topic, so please feel free to disregard it, but I'm sending i= t to this list in the hope that it will reach a largish number of users. =20= >>>=20 >>> I am currently looking at updating some of our advocacy material (which a= dvertises exciting new features like SMP support), and before I do I'd like t= o get a better feel for why the rest of you are using FreeBSD. If you had t= o list the three things you most like about FreeBSD, which would you pick? A= re they the same as when you first started using it? =20 >>>=20 >>> David >>=20 >>=20 >> We're using FreeBSD here only for firewall boxes. >>=20 >>=20 >> Reasons for using FBSD for firewalls: >> - CARP >> - relayd >> - PF >> - pfsync >>=20 >> Reasons I can't get management to use FBSD for regular servers (web, >> haproxy, db...): >> - "hard" to use >> - update process is "hard", time-consuming and annoying (as opposed to >> debian's for example) >>=20 >> A regular debian update is 5 minutes + reboot >> A regular FBSD update is about 1.5 hour + 3 reboots (after >> installkernel, installworld, rebuild of ports) >=20 > But how often do you need to=20 As a matter of fact, too often, that's te problem. We have > 800 servers and I can't argue that debian's update process is much= simpler and faster. There is also the performance aspect. We get better performance on Haproxy and PGsql on Debian than on bsd.=
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