Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 05:30:28 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie@gmail.com> Cc: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New (blade) server - stick with FreeBSD 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7? Message-ID: <20070604093028.GA22814@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0706040210g318f9fcfi91b9cdcb056cfabc@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070604074600.GA3542@aurora.oekb.co.at> <499c70c0706040210g318f9fcfi91b9cdcb056cfabc@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 12:10:53PM +0300, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > 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) Uh, that's not a "crash", it's a warning message that does not interrupt kernel operation. > So wait till they fix this serious bug, other than that it runs faster > than RELENG_6 with ULE 2.0, and libthr. libthr is available in 6.x too, of course. Kris
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