which version to install for next 2-3 years?

[Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri]

----- Original Message ----

> From: syle ishere <syleishere at hotmail.com>

> To: freebsd-current at freebsd.org

> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:53:00 PM

> Subject: which version to install for next 2-3 years?

> 

> I have a coloed box, OS on their now is ancient redhat 9.0,

> was

>   thinking 

> about new SMP support and mysql speed advancements in 7.0. I'd

> just

>   hate to 

> install 6.2 on it right now and thats way it stays for next 2-3

> years

>   if 7.0 

> is stable enough to use right now. I threw away freebsd boxes on 4.x 

> branches because of SMP issues of it only using 1 processor for

> mysql

>   etc, 

> but I see alot has changed again. Server is a dell 2650, 8 gigs of

> ram,

>   dual 

> 3.2ghz xeon cpu's, 6 scsi drives. I use this box mainly for

> apache/php,

>   

> mysql, qmail,bind, perl and asterisk c development time to time.

> 

> If I download latest snapshot, cvsup latest 7release and just

> make

>   world etc 

> on it, would it be alright? I see the new scheduler for 7.0 had

> some

>   nice 

> benchmarks for mysql.

> 

> Dan.

> 



Yes, I can confirm 7.0-BETA1 is so stable, I even was using it since 5 months when it was in current.

For these apps I would say you should go for AMD64 arch, and you'll enjoy it ;)


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Regards, 

-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri

Arab Portal

http://www.WeArab.Net/

 








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