Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:11:18 -0400 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> Subject: Re: New (blade) server - stick with FreeBSD 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7? Message-ID: <200706041411.19043.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <4663DBBD.9020506@intersonic.se> References: <20070604074600.GA3542@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20070604085627.GA22626@rot13.obsecurity.org> <4663DBBD.9020506@intersonic.se>
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On Monday 04 June 2007 05:30:37 am Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:46:00AM +0200, Ewald Jenisch 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). > > > > Note "start". The release is still many months away, so presumably > > you do not wish to wait until then to install your server :) You > > should definitely keep an eye on it though, there is a lot of good > > stuff coming up in 7.0. > > > >> The question basically is: Will FreeBSD7 be "current" or "stable"? > > We are running several non-critical (including this T42 laptop) and one > critical (SMTP) machine with -CURRENT and so far it's been a matter of > getting the source from a good moment in time, mostly the snapshots. So > far very few problems. You need a testbed to try stuff out on though. Note that the bge adapters in the HP c-class blades require SerDes support, which IIRC was not present in 6.2-RELEASE but has (hopefully? maybe?) been MFC'ed since then. JN
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