Am 05.03.12 20:41, schrieb Edgar Fuß: > After the recent problems[*] we've been having with our (4.0/amd64) file > server, I'll surely be facing the question why we're not using that other OS > everybody else does.
You sureley mean an up-to-date version of NetBSD, right? btw, if you would fold your lines, it would be easier to read your emails. > > So I need some data for that upcoming discussion. Who is using NetBSD to > operate a file server on a scale comparable to or larger than ours, i.e. ~200 > users, ~1TB storage? If so, which version on what kind of hardware? > > [*] Panic on quotaoff, HD failure on parity rebuild, failure to negotiate > sync SCSI with the replacement drive on attach, another panic when trying to > interrupt the reconstruction, lost disklabel on the RAID set afterwards, then > a damaged FS with need for manual fsck. Loads of fun from ~1pm to ~1am. > > Thanks for your answers. I am using NetBSD for mission critical database service, and I see no such problems. We serve 1.7 billion users per year, to issue tickets, and it works nicely.
