From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 15:38:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5B5616A41F for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:38:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E129743D46 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:38:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 11 Aug 2005 15:38:31 -0000 Received: from 215.60.79.83.cust.bluewin.ch (EHLO [192.168.1.11]) [83.79.60.215] by mail.gmx.net (mp010) with SMTP; 11 Aug 2005 17:38:31 +0200 X-Authenticated: #912863 Message-ID: <42FB7112.4060402@gmx.at> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:38:58 +0200 From: lars User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050722) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: Anyone successfully running FreeBSD on a HP Proliant DL385? 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: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:38:33 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Did you send them e-mail about that model? They track all those > presales queries, it is what they use to determine new models to > add into testdrive. No, I will, thx. > The problem is there's more models of the DL385 and the DL360 > than you can shake a stick at. While someone here may be running a > DL385 it's a crapshoot if it is the same model of DL385 as you > want. Ok. I meant the latest model with Opteron processor(s). Model number 373545-421. > I doubt your going to get FreeBSD > to run on a SATA-equipped DL385. But, the scsi controller in the > DL360 and the DL385 are supported by the same FreeBSD device driver. We'll go with SCSI. > The big thing is the FreeBSD driver for the RAID array doesen't > support any kind of notification if a drive fails. You have to > depend on the blinky lights on the front of the server. Ok, thanks for the info. Do you happen to know whether the iLO has a monitoring/reporting function that would notice this and notify me? > This, by the way, is what VARs are for. Instead of trying to > save a miserable hundred bucks by buying the server off the > website, find a local Compaq/HP reseller and go through them, > and get them to guarentee FreeBSD will run on the thing to get > the sale. Unfortunately we can't go through a VAR. And which VAR would guarantee us FreeBSD will run perfectly? I doubt any would or could. But that doesn't matter anyway. > Ted Thank yor for your replies, so far. I take you have some experience with ProLiants and FreeBSD. Are you pleased with this combination? Lars.