On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Brad Mettee <bmet...@pchotshots.com> wrote:
> If a system is stable and ports are up to date, serving mail & web pages as > needed, is there any reason to update from this: > FreeBSD ns1.pchotshots.com 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 > 10:35:36 UTC 2008 > r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > amd64 > > To something newer? (like 7.2 stable) > > Would there be any noticeable benefit from an update? > > Thanks > > Brad Mettee > PC HotShots, Inc. > Baltimore, MD > (410) 426-7617 There's always the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" belief. If you're using ZFS, 7.2-STABLE has the latest ZFS update; comparitavely, 7.1-RELEASE has a longer time until end-of-life. You could also check out the release notes to see if any of the updates are something worth upgrading for, respective to your needs/setup. Regards, Earl _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"