Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:10:53 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Ewald Jenisch" <a@jenisch.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New (blade) server - stick with FreeBSD 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7? Message-ID: <499c70c0706040210g318f9fcfi91b9cdcb056cfabc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070604074600.GA3542@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20070604074600.GA3542@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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On 6/4/07, Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm about to set up a new server that should run basically > network-monitoring (MRTG, Cacti etc.). Hardware will be HP C-class > blade based on AMD Opterons. > > Should I stick with FreeBS 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7 (see > http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html - "June 2007 Start FreeBSD > 7.0 Release Process). > > The question basically is: Will FreeBSD7 be "current" or "stable"? > > Thanks much in advance for any hint, > -ewald > > Currently there are some bugs in the tcp, my server always crash with a kernel msg "tcp syncache_expand: segment failed syncookie authentication, segment rejected (probably spoofed) So wait till they fix this serious bug, other than that it runs faster than RELENG_6 with ULE 2.0, and libthr. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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