13 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-hackers2.2 Stability (was Re: another victim..)| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| David E. Cross | Feb 18, 1997 9:19 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Feb 19, 1997 1:38 am | |
| David E. Cross | Feb 19, 1997 9:45 am | |
| Joe Greco | Feb 19, 1997 10:30 am | |
| David E. Cross | Feb 19, 1997 11:43 am | |
| Warner Losh | Feb 19, 1997 12:07 pm | |
| Joe Greco | Feb 19, 1997 12:48 pm | |
| Julian Elischer | Feb 19, 1997 12:49 pm | |
| Tom Samplonius | Feb 19, 1997 2:33 pm | |
| Michael Hancock | Feb 19, 1997 3:39 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Feb 19, 1997 3:55 pm | |
| Joe Greco | Feb 19, 1997 5:33 pm | |
| Michael Hancock | Feb 19, 1997 10:19 pm |
| Subject: | 2.2 Stability (was Re: another victim..) | |
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| From: | Michael Hancock (mich...@cet.co.jp) | |
| Date: | Feb 19, 1997 3:39:44 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-hackers | |
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Joe Greco wrote:
On the other hand, 2.1.X has been proven by time and fire to be a STABLE and RELIABLE OS. My Web server is setting site uptime records:
2:39PM up 195 days, 23:22, 1 user, load averages: 0.21, 0.18, 0.15
I've been running 2.2 since it was "current" with apache for 5 months and it's *never* fallen over. The longest uptime was around 65 days, but that was because it was taken down for kernel updates.
The web serving load isn't very high though, httpd is generating about 30MB of logs every month.
Regards,
Mike Hancock
In the meantime, there are those of us who are beating the snot (sorry for the Karlism) out of 2.2, and it is looking very promising. Hopefully it can "prove" itself and take over for 2.1.7 within the next year. But I am not going to put all of MY eggs in the 2.2 basket, until I am confident that the basket is strong, and was well built, based on firsthand experience.
That's why you might wish to install 2.1.7. It's basically a matter of faith and reliability.
If you're looking for a desktop OS? Then the picture might be different. 2.2 should offer enough of an incentive to go that way that you may choose to install 2.2.
... Joe
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