Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:36:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Mohacsi Janos <mohacsi@niif.hu> To: Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feature request Message-ID: <20080331213205.G26493@mignon.ki.iif.hu> In-Reply-To: <763154.59087.qm@web54302.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <763154.59087.qm@web54302.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Patrick Dung wrote: > Hello > > I have some suggestions about improving FreeBSD in some of the > areas/features. Let's discuss. > > 1. Cluster capability > > As I know, there is: > - Linux HA heartbeart in ports > - LVS (Linux Virtual Server for load balancing) for FreeBSD 5.3 in > http://dragon.linux-vs.org/~dragonfly/htm/lvs_freebsd.htm > - SunGrid in ports. > > But looks like there is no native FreeBSD clustering/load balancing > tools to do it in 'a FreeBSD way'. There is *BSD way of doing loadbalancing with pf. A big plus is the pf supports IPv6, while LVS does not. > > 2. Networking support > > As we know FreeBSD has a good history/reputation on networking. > FreeBSD lacks these support: > > a) MPLS > For MPLS, Linux has project working since around in 2001. > It is called mpls-linux in Sourceforge. > There was a project to port Ayame to NetBSD 4.0 current, but I don't > know about the outcome. > > b) NAT-T on IPSEC > I see NAT-T patch for FreeBSD 6 in 2005 but the patch not in > RELEASE/CURRENT. > > As I know, there maybe patent infringement for NAT-T. > But I see NetBSD 3.0 (with warning) and Linux has NAT-T support out of > the box. > http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ipsec++NetBSD-3.0 > > c) multiple default gateways > Looks like FreeBSD do not support metrics in 'route'. This is sometime missing. OpenBSD has good support for it - maybe can be ported from OpenBSD. > > 3. Support LDAP SSO out of the box > > Linux/Solaris/AIX have native LDAP SSO support. > > I have asked about this feature before. > The problem is whether it should integrate OpenLDAP to base system. > BTW, I see ISC Bind, Sendmail and Amd automounter is in base. > unfortunately you have to use the ports for this.... > 4. LVM and file systems > > As of FreeBSD 7.0, ZFS is ported. > This is great as FreeBSD do not have LVM in the past. > I am sure there is still room for improvement. > For example: ZFS/UFS shrink support, native file system journaling. > > Regards > Patrick Janos Mohacsi Network Engineer, Research Associate, Head of Network Planning and Projects NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY Key 70EF9882: DEC2 C685 1ED4 C95A 145F 4300 6F64 7B00 70EF 9882 > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > No Cost - Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now. Sweet deal for Yahoo! users and friends. > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text1.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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