On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 06:49:16AM +0200, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Wesley M. <open...@e-solutions.re> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Need to cvs update and rebuild, so take time. > > And configuration file can change > > No compilation at all. > > With snapshots: > > binary upgrade > sysmerge(8) for config files > pkg_add -ui for packages > > Takes cca 15minutes on modern HW. During that time you can drink eg. > coffe and occasionally hit Enter on your keyboard :-)
So you will have at least 15 minutes of downtime on your production server, but if you run into problems e.g because of a non-trivial configuration file change, kernel bug that makes your network card unusable, and such that has happened in the past your are looking at a worst case downtime of several days waiting for a better snapshot. Depending on the demands on the server that is maybe not worth the risk. You could have an identical dummy server and do a test upgrade to be sure to avoid that. To avoid wasting time and resources sometimes running stable with patches is the better option. > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Wesley. > > > >>> i'm sorry :( > >> > >> don't be sorry, just tell me why, i am just curious. -- / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
