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Date:      Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:45:55 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "lars" <lars@gmx.at>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Anyone successfully running FreeBSD on a HP Proliant DL385?
Message-ID:  <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMECNFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <42FA799F.202@gmx.at>

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Did you send them e-mail about that model?  They track all those
presales queries, it is what they use to determine new models to
add into testdrive.

The problem is there's more models of the DL385 and the DL360
than you can shake a stick at.  While someone here may be running a
DL385 it's a crapshoot if it is the same model of DL385 as you
want.

I doubt your going to get FreeBSD
to run on a SATA-equipped DL385.  But, the scsi controller in the
DL360 and the DL385 are supported by the same FreeBSD device driver.

The big thing is the FreeBSD driver for the RAID array doesen't
support any kind of notification if a drive fails.  You have to
depend on the blinky lights on the front of the server.

This, by the way, is what VARs are for.  Instead of trying to
save a miserable hundred bucks by buying the server off the
website, find a local Compaq/HP reseller and go through them,
and get them to guarentee FreeBSD will run on the thing to get
the sale.

Ted

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of lars
>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:03 PM
>Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: Anyone successfully running FreeBSD on a HP Proliant DL385?
>
>
>Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>> See
>>
>> http://www.testdrive.hp.com/
>
>Unfortunately only these machines are setup for FreeBSD:
>
>Integrity rx1620	2 Itanium II, 1.6 GHz	spe150.testdrive.hp.com
>AlphaStation XP1000	1 EV67, 667 MHz		spe149.testdrive.hp.com
>ProLiant DL360 G2	2 Pentium III, 1.4 GHz	spe152.testdrive.hp.com
>
>And I can't really test much on them.
>
>So I'm still interested what experience people have had on a
>Proliant DL385.
>
>Kind regards,
>Lars.
>
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