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07-08-2006, 05:33 PM #51Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by pergesuDr. Colin Percival, FreeBSD Security Officer
Online backups for the truly paranoid: http://www.tarsnap.com/
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07-08-2006, 08:02 PM #52Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by jax113
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07-09-2006, 01:45 AM #53Web Hosting Master
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I don't have a problem with FreeBSD, I think its a solid, reliable operating system, however, its not Linux.
At my workplace, we have a small number (6) *nix based servers, and the applications that we run are not supported under *BSD (any version). This alone makes it a no-go for us, and I think this is one of the main hurdles against wider adoption of *BSD.
To be honest, I have only had exposure to BSD for about 3 months, so I am not going to claim to be an expert, but it does have some very spotty Java support (and for that reason, we had to switch over to Linux or run Java in some sort of 'linux emulation mode' -- which didn't work out too well).
No arguing against ports though -- hands down the best software management system out there, in fact Gentoo's portage is based off of (or actually, inspired by) ports.
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07-09-2006, 03:23 AM #54Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by bqinternet
Just noticed this one .
Well we are a datacenter.We are supporting only 2 types of OS.
FreeBSD and CentOS.
If bqinternet got nothing against,im gonna put his remarq on my server order page.
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07-09-2006, 07:12 AM #55Account Suspended
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Break time!
What does BSD in FreeBSD stand for? it's Blue Screen of Death! So FreeBSD is Free Blue Screen of Death.
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07-09-2006, 08:13 AM #56Local tech for Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by Jelleuh
I haven't used FreeBSD much other then installing it for people.
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07-09-2006, 11:37 AM #57WHT Addict
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Originally Posted by sc0rpi0n
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07-09-2006, 09:04 PM #58Junior Guru Wannabe
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08-24-2006, 07:12 AM #59Web Hosting Guru
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We needed to go with FreeBSD. It was the only one of the two that could stand up to our weather site traffice of 10K people on-line at a time. With CentOS, Fedora Core 3, and RH, all 3 by different large dedicated server hosting providers, it went unresponsive by mid-morning. Today, we are running FreeBSD 6.1, PHP 5.1.4, and Apache 2.2.3, and eAccellerator RC1. It's solid as a rock, and flies. Since we also sell space on the server, we DirectAdmin and our own skins. (It's easy to skin yourself) For us, Linux is not even an option. The CentOS Linux hosters, and the most antagonistic of FreeBSD and any control panel other than cPanel, is today offerning both FreeBSD and DirectAdmin due to multiple similar experiences to ours.
You won't get us back on Linux any time soon. I don't have time for it. People like to cite performance charts and graphs to support Linux, which I also believed at one time, but it never played out like that for us in the real world. The only thing that I think about regarding our servers today is to marvel how fast and reliable they are.
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08-24-2006, 07:46 AM #60Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally Posted by Werpon
I liked FBSD before I came here to work, now its all hate
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08-26-2006, 10:58 PM #61Web Hosting Guru
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Originally Posted by mfidelman
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08-27-2006, 12:50 AM #62Web Hosting Master
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one problem with FreeBSD is every cp are made for linux first then FreeBSD and so are some of cp plug-in
if you look at DirectAdmin's third party software forum section, all the plug in are make for linux first then freebsd
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08-27-2006, 03:34 AM #63Junior Guru
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Well I will got for FreeBSD infact i m going with it on my newly purchased server, Its been hassle free due to ports and it took around an hour or two to get secure. Few less commands thats fun to play with. Unlike linux where u need to install grsecurity and other things to make ur OS more secure. And as far as i know FreeBSD is more secure and stable as compared to Linux. And u will find every now and than LINUX exploits but wont find any FreeBSD exploits? atleast 1 in an year for FreeBSD but Linux no count. :/ Maybe i m wrong but this is wht i have experienced.
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08-27-2006, 05:33 AM #64Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by nofzServerMatingProject.com
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08-27-2006, 08:43 AM #65Web Hosting Master
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08-27-2006, 12:07 PM #66Web Hosting Guru
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08-28-2006, 03:51 AM #67Backup Guru
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Originally Posted by nofzScott Burns, President
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08-28-2006, 05:10 AM #68Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally Posted by bqinternet
I just know I invest 1/5 of the time to get the same things done in Linux than those FBSD admins here in FBSD. And they are pretty guru. We are talking about couple hundred servers here.
I do agree if you invest more time into whatever OS/distribution, it can get much better...
Anyways I am stopping to discuss about this here again, nobody ever wins this Linux vs FBSD discussions.
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08-28-2006, 05:18 AM #69Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally Posted by TheVoice
Yeah it is also our fault that we have different FBSD versions, 4, 5 and 6 and different installs per server. But these are all full managed dedicated servers with different customers from couple years till now. Its not easy.
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08-28-2006, 05:58 AM #70Web Hosting Guru
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Originally Posted by nofz
FreeBSD Update for automatically building, distributing, fetching, and applying binary security updates for FreeBSD. http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/
Portsnap for securely downloading and updating a compressed snapshot of the FreeBSD ports tree, and using this compressed snapshot to extract or update a (uncompressed) copy of the ports tree. http://www.daemonology.net/portsnap/
Update server for updating operating systems in mass http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006...ld-system.html
If anyone uses these, let us know your experience with them.
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08-28-2006, 06:02 AM #71Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by IT_ArchitectDr. Colin Percival, FreeBSD Security Officer
Online backups for the truly paranoid: http://www.tarsnap.com/
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08-28-2006, 06:15 AM #72Web Hosting Guru
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Originally Posted by cperciva
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08-28-2006, 06:18 AM #73Web Hosting Master
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The worst thing about Linux is ext3 and what will happen to it if the lights go out, or your kernel panics
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08-28-2006, 11:18 AM #74WHT Addict
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Originally Posted by cperciva
PS, ontopic: No one will with such an argument, as it is completely subjective. The best operating system is the one with which you are most familiar.
PS, offtopic: What was Google like?