FreeBSD 5.4 or 6 for DB server with 9500S-4 ?

[ray at redshift.com]

| I disagree. First-off, 6.0-RELEASE may be new to the block, but 6.0 has been 
| kicking it almost as long as 5.4-RELEASE has been out. Most of the experiences 
| I've heard back from other users are saying 6.0, even RC-1 before -RELEASE 
| actually runs better than 5.4-RELEASE. Certain key optimizations in 6.0 will 

Speaking of First-off:

  That original message was a private message to me and you from Olaf asking for
our opinions on FreeBSD, etc. and it was replied to as such (privately) - in my
opinion it's very poor form to suddenly cc everything we are discussing off the
list back to the FreeBSD without so much as asking.

  If you want to start a thread about is FreeBSD 5.4 or 6.0 better for
production, that's great.  But don't use my private messages to people seeking
help to do it.

Ray