On 31 May 2012, at 12:21, Lars Engels <lars.eng...@0x20.net> wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:06:55PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> >> On 5/30/12 8:20 PM, David Chisnall wrote: >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> This is off-topic, so please feel free to disregard it, but I'm sending it >>> to this list in the hope that it will reach a largish number of users. >>> >>> I am currently looking at updating some of our advocacy material (which >>> advertises exciting new features like SMP support), and before I do I'd >>> like to get a better feel for why the rest of you are using FreeBSD. If >>> you had to list the three things you most like about FreeBSD, which would >>> you pick? Are they the same as when you first started using it? >>> >>> David >> >> >> We're using FreeBSD here only for firewall boxes. >> >> >> Reasons for using FBSD for firewalls: >> - CARP >> - relayd >> - PF >> - pfsync >> >> Reasons I can't get management to use FBSD for regular servers (web, >> haproxy, db...): >> - "hard" to use >> - update process is "hard", time-consuming and annoying (as opposed to >> debian's for example) >> >> A regular debian update is 5 minutes + reboot >> A regular FBSD update is about 1.5 hour + 3 reboots (after >> installkernel, installworld, rebuild of ports) > > But how often do you need to
As a matter of fact, too often, that's te problem. We have > 800 servers and I can't argue that debian's update process is much simpler and faster. There is also the performance aspect. We get better performance on Haproxy and PGsql on Debian than on bsd._______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
