grieve Asked: 2009-06-18 13:47:58 +0800 CST2009-06-18 13:47:58 +0800 CST 2009-06-18 13:47:58 +0800 CST Is there any reason to upgrade from FreeBSD 6.x? 772 I currently run FreeBSD 6.x, and everything is running smoothly. Is there any reason for me to upgrade to 7 or 8 when it comes out? Am I missing any hot new feature, that I would just have to have? freebsd 3 Answers Voted Best Answer pauska 2009-06-18T14:01:51+08:002009-06-18T14:01:51+08:00 Not that I can think off from the top of my head, but you could always read these: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/announce.html http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/announce.html Edit: Now I remember. It has a very improved scheduler set by default (from 7.1 and up), wich increases SMP performance dramatically. Jared 2009-06-18T14:49:10+08:002009-06-18T14:49:10+08:00 If you use jails support will be improved in 7.2 and 8.0 allowing better network access. Ben Dunlap 2009-06-18T16:20:36+08:002009-06-18T16:20:36+08:00 ZFS is pretty hot.
Not that I can think off from the top of my head, but you could always read these:
Edit: Now I remember. It has a very improved scheduler set by default (from 7.1 and up), wich increases SMP performance dramatically.
If you use jails support will be improved in 7.2 and 8.0 allowing better network access.
ZFS is pretty hot.