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From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
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Hi,

On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:19:53 +0200
Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> wrote:

> On 7/25/12 1:13 PM, Marwan Sultan wrote:
> > 
> > Hello all and Good Morning, Afternoon or evening :)
> >  
> >  I finally decided to take off my FreeBSD 7.2 server which is onlin
> > esince 2009. 
> >  I will go for a new FreeBSD version and will move out all data.
> >  
> >  My Server is mainly is a MAIL server, sendmail.
> >  and ofcourse few websites, data.etc..
> >  
> >  Which version do you recommend? 
> >  Shall I go for 9 ?
> >  or 8.3 is still more fit for a production and bsns server ?
> >  
> 
> 
> I'd say it's a matter of personal preference.
> 
> We're mostly running 8.3 in production here.
> 
I do not wonder. This is the best choice.

But I must say that I moved my machines now all to 10 and I am
surprised how robust it already is.

If robustness is the main concern, I would still recommend 8.x.

Erich