From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 17:40:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695B3106566B for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:40:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from mx0.gid.co.uk (mx0.gid.co.uk [194.32.164.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 019548FC12 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:40:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gidgate.gid.co.uk (80-46-130-69.static.dsl.as9105.com [80.46.130.69]) by mx0.gid.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n0OHIfRc007385; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:18:41 GMT (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from rbPBP.gid.co.uk ([194.32.164.6]) by gidgate.gid.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0OHIZBR080271; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:18:35 GMT (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Message-Id: <74082E20-648A-4B60-AB09-E89CAF0BBB2E@gid.co.uk> From: Bob Bishop To: Terry Kennedy In-Reply-To: <01N4NEOEB7LY00EQWX@tmk.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:18:35 +0000 References: <01N4NEOEB7LY00EQWX@tmk.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help me select hardware and software options for very large server X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:40:05 -0000 Hi, On 24 Jan 2009, at 02:30, Terry Kennedy wrote: > [...] > o Motherboard - Intel S5000PSLSATAR > o CPU - 2x Intel Xeon E5450 BX80574E5450P We're using plenty of the closely related S5000PAL m/b with various Xeons and we're very happy with them. > p Remote management - Intel Remote Management Module 2 - AXXRM2 We tried this and decided it's not worth having (vs the piggybacked IPMI on that m/b). We found that RMM's power control sometimes doesn't work (usually when you need it!). Also it's very tricky indeed to use down an ssh tunnel. OTOH if you need the remote device functionality there's not really any alternative. Can't comment to the rest of your list, except that ZFS is definitely the way to go. -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk