Re: which version to install for next 2-3 years?

syle ishere wrote:
> I have a coloed box, OS on their now is ancient redhat 9.0, was thinking 
> about new SMP support and mysql speed advancements in 7.0. I'd just hate 
> to install 6.2 on it right now and thats way it stays for next 2-3 years 
> if 7.0 is stable enough to use right now. I threw away freebsd boxes on 
> 4.x branches because of SMP issues of it only using 1 processor for 
> mysql etc, but I see alot has changed again. Server is a dell 2650, 8 
> gigs of ram, dual 3.2ghz xeon cpu's, 6 scsi drives. I use this box 
> mainly for apache/php, mysql, qmail,bind, perl and asterisk c 
> development time to time.
> 
> If I download latest snapshot, cvsup latest 7release and just make world 
> etc on it, would it be alright? I see the new scheduler for 7.0 had some 
> nice benchmarks for mysql.
> 
> Dan.
> 

YMMV - you'll have to test with your mix of apps under your level and type of 
load. As always...

I wouldn't discount 6.X, either - it has been rock-solid on a pair of Core D 
dual core, Tyan MB, AMD-64 and on a Xeon, HP MB as i386 since well before going 
'gold'.

With the newer Core-2 Quad-core, we expect to bite the bullet and go into 
production this week with 7-BETA1, if only 'coz there is so much new silicon in 
the channel that 7 already handles well and 6.X simply predated.

Roast Penguin for Thanksgiving dinner should also save the cost of the other 
kind of turkey...

We'll lift a glass to a very hardworking team of coders...

Thanks folks!

Bill Hacker