Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:23:55 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Travis Whitton <whitton@atlantic.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Upgrade strategy for production server Message-ID: <20040314212355.GB91191@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20040314210727.GA4938@grub.ath.cx> References: <20040314210727.GA4938@grub.ath.cx>
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--3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 04:07:27PM -0500, Travis Whitton wrote: [...] > > That said, I'd like to suggest an alternative proposal. If this system > > is so crucial to your operation, it ought to have some redundancy, > > right? :) Why not do a head to head test with 4.9 and 5.x-current on > > the same hardware? That way you solve several problems at the same time. > > You'll be able to determine conclusively if 5.x works for you, you'll > > have a hot spare system ready to go in case of a hardware failure, and > > you won't have any downtime at all during upgrade cycles. >=20 > Not a bad idea at all. We do regular backups of course, but it's always > nice to have a drop-in replacement. Thanks very much for your input. > I look forward to being a member of the outstanding FreeBSD community. >=20 You're much welcome, submit PRs with patches! ;) > FYI, the server will be acting as a repository and access point to many > years of historical(and current) environmental data, so you can add that > to the list of tasks that FreeBSD performs. >=20 Ditto, submit a URL when it's done. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov FreeBSD committer ru@FreeBSD.org --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVM1rUkv4P6juNwoRAsrcAJ9kJ3mNNlLh9UgFbhDYRPfODtT7yQCgin39 W/xgE5vH4aKU3G1npIgptlo= =ht7N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ--
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