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Date:      Tue, 07 Jun 2005 21:57:49 -0400
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        "David Hogan" <david@fundamentalit.com>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5.4: Is it generally unstable?
Message-ID:  <6.2.1.2.0.20050607215311.07813620@64.7.153.2>
In-Reply-To: <20050608001306.3FB1F43D5C@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20050608001306.3FB1F43D5C@mx1.FreeBSD.org>

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At 08:13 PM 07/06/2005, David Hogan wrote:
>using 5.4 arent having any problems .. it's just my general impression that
>"something's up" with the stability of the 5.4 release.

It always depends on what hardware you are using, whether RELENG_4 or 
RELENG_5.


>If I were to deploy
>a server right now, would a seasoned FreeBSD user use 4.11 or 5.4?


RELENG_5 for sure.  We have a number of CPU intensive boxes (20+)  handling 
mail / virus scanning and IPSEC terminations.  They are the way go to.  Our 
mail routers can get blasted with a good 1000+ processes at times.. Again, 
no issues.

IPSEC is a good example where you have a more stable box in RELENG_5 then 
RELENG_4.  There are a number of bugs and issues in RELENG_4 that are gone 
in RELENG_5

         ---Mike 




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