Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:49:08 -0600 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> To: Mark Shroyer <subscriber+freebsd@markshroyer.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NetBSD 5.0 looks cool Message-ID: <11167f521002190449me93b462pa432699c4d3a661f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B7DBFA3.7010101@markshroyer.com> References: <b10011eb1002180039h290fc5c8q48f85bad8eb114b9@mail.gmail.com> <87vdduespd.fsf@kobe.laptop> <242758.48200.qm@web111302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4B7DBFA3.7010101@markshroyer.com>
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Mark Shroyer <subscriber+freebsd@markshroyer.com> wrote: > On 2/18/2010 10:32 AM, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: >> How about these bench vs FreeBSD?! >> >> http://www.netbsd.org/~ad/50/img11.html >> >> http://www.netbsd.org/~ad/50/img13.html >> >> http://www.netbsd.org/~ad/50/img15.html > > If those numbers are characteristic of the operating system's overall > performance, then that's a really impressive leap forward for NetBSD. > > That said, I use FreeBSD mainly on small, individual servers; as we all > know, there's a lot more that goes into selecting a server OS than raw > performance numbers. =A0Stability, security features (like the ability to > run Apache jailed with whatever random, potentially insecure CGI or PHP > applications one must install), and ease of software installation and > maintenance are important too, and for me FreeBSD excels at these things. > > But between these massive performance improvements, and its mature Xen > compatibility, and the fact that they evicted Sendmail from the base > system in favor of Postfix, NetBSD really has my attention. =A0(In fact > I'm setting up a VM right now so I can get a feel for how NetBSD + > pkgsrc handles as a server.) =A0Now if only it had jails... Mature xen dom0 support is a REALLY BIG plus for me, I wish FreeBSD had Xen Dom0 support :/ I also wish that NetBSD had mature ZFS support (or at least working snapsho= ts). I have taken a look at NetBSD 5 and I have to say it isn't too bad, I was surprised. Sam Fourman Jr. Fourman Networks
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