On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:21:52 +0930, Matthew Smith wrote: >Hi Folks > >As part of my move from GNU/Linux to OpenBSD on my server, I just want >to clarify what I need to do to ensure that I have performance >optimised. I am coming from Gentoo Linux, where optimisation is mostly >about using the appropriate compiler flags. > >If I were to use the appropriate base distribution (x86_64), configure >my kernel correctly (as per the likes of ><http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/10/31/OpenBSD.html>) and set the >appropriate compiler flags, is this all I need to do?
Matthew, you are pretty new here so I'll be kind. Read http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Why Also Search The Fine Archives and you will see that questions like yours just raise lots of dust and heat and encourage trolls to run to your aid whilst wasting the time of developers who read this list as they try to stamp out the grass fires. OpenBSD is NOT another Linux and certainly not a Gentoo. I come from being an IBM Linux instructor and so I've been there, done that. You don't need to customise OpenBSD until you have (a) found something that demands it, and (b) you know it well enough not to need to ask questions about the process. The GENERIC kernel has been compiled with all the right flags. The article you cite was never good advice and furthermore it is going on 8 years old. > >I'm only really concerned about the base system as I always build all my >LAMPP components, Postfix, etc., by hand so that migrating box-to-box >can go without [a hitch|many hitches]. > Don't do that either without a better reason. Postfix, for example, comes as a package in OpenBSD. Two versions (stable and snapshot, both good enough to use in critical service) and several flavours. Look at http://openports.se/mail/postfix/snapshot for a clue. In general, try what OpenBSD provides already compiled and optimised. Apache is in base (Apache2 is a package (called apache-httpd) if you MUST have 2, but remember that it is not anywhere near as secure as the heavily patched one that installs by default) and Mysql is a package as is php. Enjoy the luxury of not needing all the recompiles you are used to and make some money in the time you save ;-) Don't work your ass off trying to prove me wrong either, it's worth neither the time nor the angst. NB: On-list replies are fine. I am subscribed. Off-list (if you really must) to the reply-to address as only the list server has access to this mailbox. Good luck. R/ Rod/ >From the land "down under": Australia. Do we look <umop apisdn> from up over?
