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> The price of running BSD in production in a responsible way is that you need a fairly sizable team of >4-6 people. Probably salary cost alone would run close
by jlg23 4y ago
> The price of running BSD in production in a responsible way is that you need a fairly sizable team of >4-6 people. Probably salary cost alone would run close to a million per year. That's a big commitment to run anything and hiring is going to be tough.
Not sure where you got your numbers from, but I have been maintaining FreeBSD servers for 2 decades and would estimate the attention a machine needs at about 10% of what a Linux box needs.
- OrvalWintermute 4y ago> I have been maintaining FreeBSD servers for 2 decades and would estimate the attention a machine needs at about 10% of what a Linux box needs. I was talking with a longtime Linux security administrator about why he was converting much of his security stack over to OpenBSD and retiring his Linux security boxes in mass. Similar to what you mentioned, he estimated his maintenance needs for OpenBSD at 5-10% of equivalent Linux systems, and the increased security posture was gravy on top.