Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:52:52 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <doug@mail.sermon-archive.info> To: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should I use 10.3 or 11.0 on a new server? Message-ID: <726150AC-2D86-43B7-BD63-DD784BA07154@mail.sermon-archive.info> In-Reply-To: <20161214210756.1528.qmail@ary.lan> References: <20161214210756.1528.qmail@ary.lan>
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> On 14 December 2016, at 13:07, John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote: >=20 > I have a server running 9.3 which turns into a pumpkin at the end of > the month so I figure this is as good a time as any to migrate stuff > to a newer faster box. >=20 > Should I use 10.3 or 11.0? My main interests is stability and easy > administration (as in, it would be nice if I can use only packages and > not have to build any updated or customized ports.) It's running > a fairly ordinary bunch of web and mail services. >=20 > I don't need anything new and shiny -- I'd have stayed with 9.3 if it > were still supported. I tried to update to 10.x from 9.3. None of my machines could make the = NICs work under 10.x. They just hung. However, 11.0 works just fine. I = currently have at least 6 production servers using 11.0 and have = encountered no problems. While there is quite a variety of services on = them, the heavily used ones are web and mail. Once I got the patch for = freebsd-update working, the upgrade was the easiest I have encountered = since starting with 2.5 years ago.=
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