Re: Stable server

From: Dmitry Mityugov (dmitry.mityugov_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/17/05

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:04:28 +0400
To: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>

    On 8/17/05, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote:
    > On 8/16/05, dpk <dpk@dpk.net> wrote:
    > > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Carstea Catalin wrote:
    > >
    > > > what version of freebsd do u recomand for a stable server?
    > >
    > > 4.11 is solid, hasn't shown any problems here. 5.4 is the best of the 5.x
    > > series but we (I mean at my company, not speaking as a FreeBSD rep)
    > > haven't put it through as much stress as we have 4.11
    >
    > 4.x compared to 5.x will always be more stable
    > 5.x compared to 6.x will always be more stable
    > 6.x compared to 7.x will al....
    >
    > Do you see a trend? 4.x works now but what about in another year, two
    > years, or three? Try running the last version of 3.x on today's
    > hardware and software, 4.x is already having problems with hardware
    > support. FreeBSD 6 already has a -STABLE and it's first release is
    > just around the corner, It would be unwise to deploy 4.x unless
    > specifically needed.... If you need to build the next Mars rover or a
    > persons life depends on the system working then use 4.x, If your
    > deploying a new web server or what not you want 5.x, possibly even 6.x
    > if you can wait another month or two.

    Another month or two?? Are you a pessimist, or do you just know
    something I don't know? :-) This page
    http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/schedule.html says TBD, but I
    didn't even imagine the delay could be *that* big. 

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Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia
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