I'm currently running 5.1-RELEASE as a firewall/router/internal DNS server on a P166 with 64MB ram, for an admittedly small home network. I choose 5.1 because I wanted to run the pf port from OpenBSD. I have a 2.4 gig drive with /, /var, /tmp, and /usr, and a 325 meg drive with swap and /home. It typically runs about 98% idle. I did compile a custom kernel to get rid of the drivers and such that my system didn't need (had to anyways, to run pf). I'm very happy with the performance of that system. I had run 4.8-RELEASE on that box before turning it into a router, and I really can't tell any difference between 4.8 and 5.1.
Subject: Re: 2 Questions From: Kresimir Kumericki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:52:59 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
While we're at it ... I have this old Pentium 200 MHz with 96MB RAM running FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE. How much more system resources (RAM and CPU) FreeBSD 5.* needs in comparison to 4.8? I just want to hear some educated guess, whether for me it is recomended at all to upgrade at some point or am I better off tracking 4-STABLE (at least while it is supported by security patches an such).
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