From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 19:42:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 664BF1065680 for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 19:42:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32B3F8FC1C for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 19:42:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0DFE5C26; Sat, 10 May 2008 09:44:26 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4825FA8C.2000306@hdk5.net> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 09:42:04 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <20080510115039.H59529@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20080510115039.H59529@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Long Story Subject: Re: advice needed regarding OS & Hardware. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 19:42:05 -0000 Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> to the 4.8-R > > if your things work fine - keep as is don't change both software and > hardware. > > >> For a commercial use server >> 1) Which version do you recommend, shall I go for 7.0-R ? >> or 6.3-R. > > 6.3 > >> >> 2) Hosting company hardware is >> * Single Intel E6300 CORE 2 DUO 1.86Ghz /1066MHz FSB /2MB L2 >> Cache * 2GB DDR2 RAM * 2x 250GB/7200 RPM Serial ATA Drives - Hot >> Swap; RAID1 * 3Ware 8006-2LP SATA RAID Controller * 2 >> 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports >> >> Any of the above parts incompatabile with FreeBSD, or it has any bug ? > check what ethernet ports are. other should work fine. > >> They didnot mention the brand of ethernet ports > > if it's realteks, marvell etc. you will have a problems > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Aloha. From my own experience: Realtek pci 1000 8169 re0 work fine and are stable. The TrendNet brand has corrected the previous issues with the on board cards. These 8169 cards are plug in pci that work fine (not on board). ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol