From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Oct 9 11:29:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA18371 for stable-outgoing; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 11:29:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from helium.vapornet.com (root@helium.vapornet.com [208.202.126.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA18366 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 11:29:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@helium.vapornet.com) Received: from argon.vapornet.com (vapornet.xnet.com [205.243.141.107]) by helium.vapornet.com (8.8.7/VaporServer-v3.0+SpamNot) with ESMTP id NAA11407; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 13:29:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: by argon.vapornet.com (8.8.7/VaporClient-1.1) id NAA07393; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 13:29:18 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 13:29:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199710091829.NAA07393@argon.vapornet.com> From: John Preisler MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: chad@dcfinc.com Cc: tarkhil@mgt.msk.ru, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Version of FreeBSD for production server? In-Reply-To: <199710091714.KAA10548@freebie.dcfinc.com> References: <199710091040.OAA02333@asteroid.mgt.msk.ru> <199710091714.KAA10548@freebie.dcfinc.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.22 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk netatalk requires a 2.2 kernel. -jrp Chad R. Larson writes: > > 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 >