From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 13 04:44:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A6816A505 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 04:44:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [195.143.231.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB9743D1D for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 04:44:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (zyrozo@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1DCiLb0061872 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:44:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i1DCiL7q061871; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:44:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:44:21 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200402131244.i1DCiL7q061871@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-amd64 User-Agent: tin/1.5.4-20000523 ("1959") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.9-RELEASE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Freebsd/amd64 on Sun Fire V20z? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:44:25 -0000 Hi, The subject says it all ... Does ayone happen to have an idea whether FreeBSD/amd64 will run on a Sun Fire V20z? If it doesn't, I assume that FreeBSD/i386 will do for the moment, right? http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v20z/ In the smallest configuration it's available for ~ $2800 which seems pretty cheap, taking the data into account (1U form factor, up to two processors, two U320 SCSI drive bays, two gigabit ethernet ports, 8 DIMM slots for up to 16 Gb RAM), _and_ the fact that it carries a cool Sun logo. ;-) I mean, for comparison, an x86-based HP Proliant DL360-G3 is just about the same price (or even a bit more), while having roughly the same data (1U, 2 x U320, 2 x gigabit), but only 32bit intel Xeon, not 64bit AMD Opteron. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "Clear perl code is better than unclear awk code; but NOTHING comes close to unclear perl code" (taken from comp.lang.awk FAQ)