I am running 4.11 on a dual amd box and have found it solid as a rock for running apache2, postgres, dns and postfix. But now I am thinking of upgrading. I wonder if 5.4 is as stable for these servers that must run 24/7. And is it worth all the trouble to do, I have grown pretty lazy :)
> I am running 4.11 on a dual amd box and have found it solid as a > rock for running apache2, postgres, dns and postfix. But now I am > thinking of upgrading. I wonder if 5.4 is as stable for these > servers that must run 24/7. And is it worth all the trouble to do, I > have grown pretty lazy :)We've been using it on dual-AthlonMP 2200+ and 2600+ systems with 3 GB RAM and 4-drive RAID5 arrays (3Ware Escalade 7506-4LP) since 5.2.1 was released. They've recently been upgraded to 5.4 (skipped 5.3 as I didn't want to re-compile all the installed ports during the school year). No problems so far, running Postfix, Amavisd-new, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, Razor, DCC, Apache, PHP4, SquirrelMail, and similar software. We're also using 5.4 on dual-Opteron 244 systems with 4 GB RAM and 4-disk RAID5 arrays (LSI MegaRAID SATA). Running Apache, MySQL, PHP4, Squid, DansGuardian, and similar. Will eventually house 12 jails to provide each school their own web/mail/proxy and content filtering server. We're also running 5.3 on 10 UP firewall boxes (ancient Compaq Deskpro P2 450 MHz systems with 512 MB RAM). No problems shoving several hundred gigabytes of data through xl and fxp interfaces all day. Haven't done any benchmarking on these systems, as we're more interested in stability and managability. We've never had any complaints about server speed -- it's always about network throughput (on the WAN side) which is outside of our control. :) If we ever get T1+ speeds into our sites, then maybe we'll look at server performance. :) -- Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fcash@sd73.bc.ca helpdesk@sd73.bc.ca
Eriq wrote:> I am running 4.11 on a dual amd box and have found it solid as a rock > for running apache2, postgres, dns and postfix. But now I am thinking > of upgrading. I wonder if 5.4 is as stable for these servers that > must run 24/7. And is it worth all the trouble to do, I have grown > pretty lazy :)I'd go with that old saying, never touch a running system. 4.11 is still going to be maintained for quite a long time, so if your machine runs fine now, why not leave it as it is. If you want to upgrade, maybe you should wait a bit longer and give 6.0 a closer look (set to be released in August at the moment). My current impression is that it's stabler than 5.4 (but then, other people have reported otherwise - I suppose it's somewhat hardware-dependent). Cheers Benjamin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 186 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20050727/eb19aeb4/signature.bin
On Wednesday 27 July 2005 01:58, Benjamin Lutz wrote:> Eriq wrote: > > I am running 4.11 on a dual amd box and have found it solid as a rock > > for running apache2, postgres, dns and postfix. But now I am thinking > > of upgrading. I wonder if 5.4 is as stable for these servers that > > must run 24/7. And is it worth all the trouble to do, I have grown > > pretty lazy :)The bad part about an rock stable system that works flawlessly is that as an admin you do become lazy ... very lazy :). You should not change the os on the server, at least not before testing (and learning) 5.X/6.X non critical systems. -- Accuracy, n.: The vice of being right -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20050727/4e6148cb/attachment.bin