From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 17 13:11:03 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 2466816A413 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 13:11:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guy@crossflight.co.uk) Received: from supermarine.crossflight.co.uk (supermarine.crossflight.co.uk [195.172.72.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B97943D46 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 13:11:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from guy@crossflight.co.uk) Received: from mailscan0.crossflight.co.uk (mailscan0.crossflight.co.uk [195.172.72.201]) by supermarine.crossflight.co.uk (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k4HDB05U097454 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 14:11:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from guy@crossflight.co.uk) Received: from [195.172.72.7] (northrop.crossflight.co.uk) by mailscan0.crossflight.co.uk (Clearswift SMTPRS 5.0.4) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 May 2006 14:10:59 +0100 Message-ID: <446B20E3.3040303@crossflight.co.uk> Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 14:10:59 +0100 From: Guy Dawson Organization: Crossflight Limited User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=2.63-supermarine_global_rules_20050204a X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63-supermarine_global_rules_20050204a (2004-01-11) on supermarine.crossflight.co.uk Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for hardware RAID? no 3ware please ! X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:11:04 -0000 Adrian wrote: > Can anyone recommend a vendor (Dell, HP etc) that will make my life > easier? (no reboots, good management tools and monitoring) - I'm a > bit over putting machines together myself to save a few dollars. We like HP with SCSI raid. We run a FreeBSD 6 IMAP server on an DL360G4p and we're very happy with it. FreeBSD is installed on the two internal, hot swap SCSI disk using the built in SCSI raid and there's an MSA 1000 external box with 7 SCSI disks for mail storage. We had a disk failure in the DL360G4p about a month after delivery. The red light when on and we got some logging. We removed the failed drive, plugged in the new drive and the array came online soon after. Painless. Guy -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guy Dawson I.T. Manager Crossflight Ltd guy@crossflight.co.uk 07973 797819 01753 776104 ********************************************************************** This email contains the views and opinions of a Crossflight Limited employee and at this stage are in no way a direct representation oF Crossflight Limited. Crossflight Limited is an international express courier, mailing and logistics service provider, and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority to conduct General Insurance Business. This communication and any attachments are confidential and may be protected from disclosure. We endorse no advice or opinion contained in this communication that is not the subject of a contract between the recipient and ourselves. If you have received it in error please notify us immediately and note that any storage, use or disclosure is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Those communicating with us by electronic mail will be deemed to have accepted the risks associated with interception, amendment, loss and late or incomplete delivery. They will also be deemed to have consented to our intercepting and monitoring such communications. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. We strongly recommend that you check this email with your own virus software as Crossflight Limited will not be held responsible for any damage caused by viruses as a result of opening this email. **********************************************************************