New (blade) server - stick with FreeBSD 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7?

[Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri]

On 6/4/07, Ewald Jenisch <a at jenisch.at> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm about to set up a new server that should run basically
> network-monitoring (MRTG, Cacti etc.). Hardware will be HP C-class
> blade based on AMD Opterons.
>
> Should I stick with FreeBS 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7 (see
> http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html - "June 2007 Start FreeBSD
> 7.0 Release Process).
>
> The question basically is: Will FreeBSD7 be "current" or "stable"?
>
> Thanks much in advance for any hint,
> -ewald
>
>

Currently there are some bugs in the tcp, my server always crash with
a kernel msg

"tcp syncache_expand: segment failed syncookie authentication, segment
rejected (probably spoofed)

So wait till they fix this serious bug, other than that it runs faster
than RELENG_6 with ULE 2.0, and libthr.


-- 
Regards,

-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
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