What version of freebsd..

[Andy Miller]

On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 10:26:55AM +0200, Arno Haverlach wrote:
> Currently were going to reinstall all servers we have from redhat 9 to
> freebsd because redhat 9 is EOL...
> 
> But after reading a few mails here that 4.9 is most likely not supported
> for a long time.. what version should we take then?
> 
> We will be using it for multiple servers (mail, database, app, web
> etc..)
> 

It depends.  Most people will tell you that 4.9 will be the best version to use
for a production environment, and they would be right.  However, the 4.x branch
won't be around forever.  Some day in the not so distant future, 5.x will go
to -stable.

If you want proven reliability, go with 4.9.  If you think you might want to 
upgrade to 5.x in the near future, you might want to use 5.2 so you don't have
to hassle upgrading from 4.x to 5.x.  I have personally been using 5.x since
it was still only -current.  I've had no problems on any 5.x-release systems,
they've always preformed well.

I hope this helps you decide.  Good luck with your switch.

--
Andy Miller
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