Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:13:37 +0200 From: Uwe Laverenz <uwe@laverenz.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ? Message-ID: <48F9C4E1.2010405@laverenz.de> In-Reply-To: <48F8A258.2060407@esiee.fr> References: <48F8A258.2060407@esiee.fr>
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Frank Bonnet schrieb:
> I am on the way to setup a brand new Samba server with OpenLDAP backend
>
> I am very interrested by feedback of "real world" samba admins running
> it with FreeBSD
> or Linux , my boss push hardly to use Linux but I would much prefer FreeBSD
> so good arguments are welcome ( my boss is a smart guy , if I give enough
> litterature that says FreeBSD is better, he will be OK )
In the dark ages of FreeBSD 5.x ;) we've used Linux (Debian, RedHat) but
nowadays I would certainly prefer FreeBSD again, because:
- The software in the ports is close to what comes from "upstream",
Linux-Distros often keep old versions or inhouse modifications
which can lead to disasters like e.g. the Debian OpenSSL bug or
unuseable LDAP-servers that are delivered with RedHat.
- Linux-Distros are conservative in updating software versions or
fixing bugs in their so called "stable" releases. In most cases
(RedHat, Debian) the fixes are "backported" to older versions, in
other cases (Ubuntu) fixes may break your system or bugs are simply
ignored. If you need a newer version of a certain software, you will
very soon find yourself using backports from foreign repositories or
start rolling your own packages. But if you have to leave the
package management system of your distro anyway, why not use the
comfort of FreeBSD ports?
- Once you are familiar with it, FreeBSD is easier to manage IMHO,
it's clean and mostly well documented.
- FreeBSD has jails. :)
> More seriously I'm also searching for eventuals benchmarks that compare
> those two configurations.
I don't think that there are great performance differences nowadays.
bye,
Uwe
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