FreeBSD Release Question

[Bill Moran]

Balakumar Velmurugan <vbkumar at mataira.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>      We are starting development on a new project that would go 
> production in the fall of 2005. I have been evaluating Release 4.x and 
> 5.x branches for the suitability. Our target platform is AMD64 and AMD32 
> uni-processor systems. We like most of 5.x features except for its 
> performance and conerns about the availability of a STABLE version in 
> our time window,  and I would like your opinion to choose the right 
> FreeBSD version tree to start the development right now. BTW,  we dont 
> have any plans to run on SMP architecture, our target platform will 
> always be uni-processor based. Questions are,
> 
> 1. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x performance will be optimized and be 
> comparable to today's 4.x stable versions ?

5.3 is supposed to be stable, and it's expected to be on part with 4.x
performance, and it's supposed to release before the end of the month.

>From what I've seen and heard, it looks like all that is going to
happen.

> 2. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x will be as stable as today's 4.x 
> released versions ?

Yes.

> 3.  What is the most architecturally optimized FreeBSD version if he 
> primary application is network services, IP forwarding and various 
> TCP/UDP services ?

5 and 4 will probably be about the same come next year.

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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