Up until about 2 or 3 weeks ago I ran my server at home (with FreeBSD) for 3 years on an HP dc7100. The specs of this machine were ancient as one would expect for an 8 or so year old desktop:
Pentium 4 2.8Ghz
1GB RAM
Dual 80GB SATA drives mirrored (gmirror)
UFS file system
But the machine has run amazingly well for what I use the server for.
A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to get (for free) an HP dc5800 (which I migrated to):
Dual Core 2 3Ghz
4GB RAM
Dual 320GB SATA drives mirrored (ZFS)
ZFS file system (encrypted with GELI)
My old machine never felt slow...unless I was recompiling all my ports again or recomping my kernel. But the funniest thing is, the "new" machine I have moved onto doesn't feel much faster at all despite the hardware being much more modern.
Is this just because FreeBSD is so amazing on old hardware that putting it on something newer doesn't make much of a difference?
I'm just surprised thats all. Curious to know what other board members think or have experienced!
Pentium 4 2.8Ghz
1GB RAM
Dual 80GB SATA drives mirrored (gmirror)
UFS file system
But the machine has run amazingly well for what I use the server for.
A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to get (for free) an HP dc5800 (which I migrated to):
Dual Core 2 3Ghz
4GB RAM
Dual 320GB SATA drives mirrored (ZFS)
ZFS file system (encrypted with GELI)
My old machine never felt slow...unless I was recompiling all my ports again or recomping my kernel. But the funniest thing is, the "new" machine I have moved onto doesn't feel much faster at all despite the hardware being much more modern.
Is this just because FreeBSD is so amazing on old hardware that putting it on something newer doesn't make much of a difference?
I'm just surprised thats all. Curious to know what other board members think or have experienced!