From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 22 06:43:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA02402 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 06:43:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA02395 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 06:43:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-121.laker.net [208.0.233.21]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id JAA03323; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:43:16 -0400 Message-Id: <199810221343.JAA03323@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Konrad Heuer" Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:42:05 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Dual PII - Upgrade to 3.0-R? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:29:35 +0200 (CEST), Konrad Heuer wrote: >I administer a rather important server with dual PII board that runs very >stable with 2.2.6-R and *one* CPU. The second CPU waits for work in a >cabinet nearby. Any recommendations to upgrade by now to 3.0-R and to >plug in the second CPU? Or is it still a little bit risky? Though I haven't been using 3.0, I do have an opinion based on my professional experience. There is an axiom that states that no amount of testing can prove that they are no more bugs. Therefore, the proof is in the pudding... I'd schedule some maintenace time and disconnect the disks, add a spare disk with 3.0 already on it, add the second CPU and run my own tests. And I'd reschedule more maintenance time until I was satisfied. There are people out there that have been running 3.0 for almost a year now, I believe. But no one else's experience can guarantee your results. Risk is never zero. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message