Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:37:23 -0400 From: "Tamouh H." <hakmi@rogers.com> To: <alex@schnarff.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Should I Upgrade 5.4 -> 6.2? Message-ID: <20070315213710.9AB0713C46E@mx1.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070315164706.4fy8vlmhw00kk4s8@mail.schnarff.com>
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=20 >=20 > First off, I want to thank the people who responded to my=20 > thread "Stability Issues on a 5.4-RELEASE box" a couple of=20 > weeks ago; after disabling hyperthreading, getting a clean=20 > run of Memtest back, and doing some serious fsck'ing of the=20 > disks, the box appears to now be completely stable. I'm still=20 > not sure which of the above fixed the problem...but I'll take=20 > a stable system at this point. :-) >=20 > That said, in that thread I had asked about the advisability=20 > of upgrading to 6.2, and it was intelligently pointed out=20 > that doing so in pursuit of stability was a bad idea. Now=20 > that the box is stable, though, I'm back to the same=20 > question: should I make the upgrade, and if so, how should I do it? >=20 > My primary driver for doing so would be to keep current=20 > enough that I'm still getting security and other patches on a=20 > regular basis, and that I can upgrade my applications from=20 > ports as necessary. If this is not an issue, then my only=20 > remaining concern would be that it's usually easier to get=20 > support on lists like this if you're running a modern version=20 > of the OS (that's certainly the case with the OpenBSD folks). >=20 > My primary concern with upgrading is that the box is in=20 > Portland, OR, and I'm in Arlington, VA...and while the ISP is=20 > friendly, I doubt that I could count on them for major system=20 > recovery if I botch something during the upgrade. My other=20 > worry is that I don't want to break existing apps if possible=20 > (the main one I'm concerned about is Zope/Plone). This is a=20 > production box with moderate traffic, and it would be a=20 > problem if there was extensive downtime. >=20 > Is it worth upgrading? If so, what's the best way to do so --=20 > CVSup, or some other way? Are there any major caveats if I do=20 > choose to upgrade (or choose to stay with the existing OS)? >=20 > Thanks, > Alex Kirk >=20 If it is not broken, don't try to fix it! We had to upgrade from 5.4 to = 6.1 because the performance was not good, crashing issues...etc. I advise my clients not to upgrade unless they have a performance or = stability issue they are looking to resolve. However, should you decide to upgrade; as everyone had said: backup! = backup! backup! Also, find a local service company in the city to call upon should the = upgrade goes bad. We've upgraded many FBSD 5.4 to 6.1 with no problems = and have always been able to SSH back to the box. Tamouh
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