From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 5 02:51:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA15386 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 5 May 1997 02:51:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from korin.warman.org.pl (korin.warman.org.pl [148.81.160.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA15356 for ; Mon, 5 May 1997 02:50:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (abial@localhost) by korin.warman.org.pl (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA02735 for ; Mon, 5 May 1997 11:50:16 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 11:50:15 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andrzej Bialecki To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: SMP hardware recommendations Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi all! My company considers buying a new SMP machine for some CPU/disk-intensive tasks (similar to news server: searching and processing large quantities of text files), and I convinced them to give a try to FreeBSD. The idea behind it is to save some money on another Sun Ultra, if possible... What hardware would you recommend? Now I'm thinking about the following setup: * MB: 2xPPro 200MHz, 512kB cache, manufacturer: ???, chipset: ??? * RAM: 256 MB (EDO ???) * SCSI: Adaptec 2940U * HDD: ??? (ca. 8 GB total) * Network: Intel EtherExpress 10/100 (fxp driver) * other hardware is less important (i.e. floppy, graphics, keyboard...) And what do you think about performance of such a machine (comparing to Sun Ultra 1/140)? Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Sincerely yours, --- Andrzej Bialecki FreeBSD: Turning PCs Into Workstations http://www.freebsd.org Research and Academic Network in Poland