From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Oct 9 10:16:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA13500 for stable-outgoing; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:16:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from freebie.dcfinc.com (freebie.dcfinc.com [138.113.2.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA13475 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:16:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chad@freebie.dcfinc.com) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freebie.dcfinc.com (8.8.3/8.8.3a) id KAA10548; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:14:05 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" Message-Id: <199710091714.KAA10548@freebie.dcfinc.com> Subject: Re: Version of FreeBSD for production server? To: tarkhil@mgt.msk.ru Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:14:03 -0700 (MST) Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199710091040.OAA02333@asteroid.mgt.msk.ru> from "Alexander B. Povolotsky" at "Oct 9, 97 02:40:34 pm" Reply-to: chad@dcfinc.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I'll need very soon to set up production server (NFS/Appletalk file server > will be it's main purpose). What version would you recommend me for maximum > stability? For maximum stablility, I'd recommend 2.1.7-RELEASE, or 2.1-STABLE. We've got machines that have never crashed or hung up. Uptime is controlled by operational needs for reboots. This one, for example: +--------------- | chad> uname -a | FreeBSD freebie.dcfinc.com 2.1-STABLE FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE #0: | Wed May 21 21:44:12 MST 1997 | chad@freefall.anasazi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/FREEBIE i386 | | chad> uptime | 10:11AM up 133 days, 20:51, 1 user, load averages: 0.12, 0.07, 0.02 +--------------- > Alex. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL22) Brother, can you paradigm? 602-953-1392 chad@dcfinc.com chad@anasazi.com crl22@aol.com DCF, Inc. - 14523 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254