A freebsd-update + portsnap + portupgrade is really quick... I even wrote this little script to check for pkg_updating info: http://leschnik.me/blog/?p=79
Thanks. On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Damien Fleuriot <m...@my.gd> wrote: > 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" -- Regards, Jason Leschnik. [m] 0432 35 4224 [w@] jason dot leschnik <at> ansto dot gov dot au [U@] jml...@uow.edu.au _______________________________________________ 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"
