Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 21:49:30 -0700 From: Balakumar Velmurugan <vbkumar@mataira.com> To: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Release Question Message-ID: <4168BF5A.2050004@mataira.com> In-Reply-To: <20041009183626.74f97fb7@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> References: <41686104.20409@mataira.com> <20041009183626.74f97fb7@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net>
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Vulpes Velox wrote: >On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 15:07:00 -0700 >Balakumar Velmurugan <vbkumar@mataira.com> wrote: > > > >>Hi, >> We are starting development on a new project that would go >>production in the fall of 2005. I have been evaluating Release 4.x >>and 5.x branches for the suitability. Our target platform is AMD64 >>and AMD32 uni-processor systems. We like most of 5.x features except >>for its performance and conerns about the availability of a STABLE >>version in our time window, and I would like your opinion to choose >>the right FreeBSD version tree to start the development right now. >>BTW, we dont have any plans to run on SMP architecture, our target >>platform will always be uni-processor based. Questions are, >> >>1. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x performance will be optimized and >>be comparable to today's 4.x stable versions ? >> >> > >Which did you test? Did you turn debugging and ect off? Tried >5.3beta7 yet? > > I tried 5.2.1 and havent tried the beta7, yet. Can you tell me, what is the release tag for beta7 ?. RELENG_5_3_BETA7 didnt work for me !! Thanks for your pointers. > > >>2. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x will be as stable as today's 4.x >>released versions ? >> >> > >http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/schedule.html > > > >>3. What is the most architecturally optimized FreeBSD version if he >>primary application is network services, IP forwarding and various >>TCP/UDP services ? >>4. What is the most architecturally optimized FreeBSD version if he >>primary application is network services, IP forwarding and various >>TCP/UDP services ? >> >> > >Not tried forwarding yet on 5x, but for TCP/UDP services, not speed >problems with them on my box. > >Wait a bit till 5.3 is released and then bench market it after >optimizing it. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >
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