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

[Kris Kennaway]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 12:10:53PM +0300, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote:
> 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)

Uh, that's not a "crash", it's a warning message that does not
interrupt kernel operation.

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

libthr is available in 6.x too, of course.

Kris