FYI, last week I upgraded our web proxy server from 4.4 security branch. To say better, I made a new install, from scratch. This machine has two PII 400MHz, four SCSI disks, 512MB, a xl NIC and runs squid 2.5. All http requests of our network (~500 machines) are redirected by the firewall/router to this machine. At this time, no problem happened. I'm confident with CURRENT stability because all my desktops and my notebook also runs CURRENT, so I can "smell" and "fell" trouble ASAP. :-) But YMMV. The upgrade of our backup server (using amanda) is my next step. If you want some hints: 1) Install 5.0-RELEASE 2) Upgrade sources to CURRENT (src & ports) 3) Compile and install 4) Install all software you need (amanda, portupgrade, cvsup etc.) 5) Do not make system upgrades until 5.1, unless really necessary (eg. security or stability fix). Network / UNIX admin of Centro de Informatica - UFPE http://www.cin.ufpe.br ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (_ ) BOFH excuse #80: That's a great computer you have there; have you \\\'',) ^ considered how it would work as a BSD machine? \/ \( .\._/_) Rossam Souza Silva (rss_at_cin.ufpe.br) ICQ# 175885569 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Steve Sizemore wrote: > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 10:30:09AM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > I'm considering setting up a FreeBSD 5 machine as a dedicated > > backup/archive computer on a network I administer. > > > > I'm curious to hear some opinions on how wise this is. I know > > that 5 is still in a -CURRENT status and I've seen (and repeated) > > the warnings that it's not really production quality yet. > > > > So I'm curious as to a number of facets of its capibilities: > > 1) With the current developmet effort ... does it seem like 5.1 > > will be -STABLE ... or do folks feel that a -STABLE brand > > is further off (5.2?) > > 2) For a dedicated backup server, that can tolerate the > > performance problems that folks have been reporting, and > > won't upset the entire office if it panics on occasion, is 5 > > good enough at this point? > > I've been running RELENG_5_0 on a production server since January, and > it's working fine. (It's our backup server - amanda - among other > things.) It wasn't my first choice; I really wanted to run RELENG_4_7, > but that didn't support the RAID controller. At this point, I could > downgrade to 4.8, but there are a couple of other features I'd have to > give up. Even though it makes me nervous to run a version not on the > secure branch, I'm going to stick with it until there is a stable > branch, or until I run into a problem. So far, I have not. > (Performance hasn't been an issue for me.) I haven't had a single > panic. > > Steve > -- > Steve Sizemore <steve_at_ls.berkeley.edu>, (510) 642-8570 > Unix System Manager > Dept. of Mathematics and College of Letters and Science > University of California, Berkeley > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >Received on Sat Apr 12 2003 - 22:05:16 UTC
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