From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 14 07:12:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CDC616A4DF for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:12:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75E3143D45 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:12:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (cxinax@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6E7CCo5020899 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:12:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k6E7CCow020898; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:12:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:12:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200607140712.k6E7CCow020898@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-hardware User-Agent: tin/1.8.0-20051224 ("Ronay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:12:18 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: hp ProLiant DL360 G4 or G5 on FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:12:21 -0000 Joakim Platbarzdis wrote: > I'm planning on deploying a server using FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. > > What is your suggestion, should I go for hp ProLiant DL360 G4 or is > there any sense in waiting for G5, that will be available to me > within a few weeks? > > Any compatability issues to look forward to? I know very little of > FreeBSD (this is my first attempt). We're running 6.1 on DL360 G2, G3 and G4 for several weeks. No issues so far, except there doesn't seem to be a way to monitor the hardware (fans and temperature) under FreeBSD. (G5 vs. G4 shouldn't make a difference in that regard, though.) By the way, I recommend up-to-date 6-stable (RELENG_6) instead of 6.1-RELEASE. A few minor things have been fixed since then. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "Life is short (You need Python)" -- Bruce Eckel, ANSI C++ Comitee member, author of "Thinking in C++" and "Thinking in Java"