Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:57:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net> To: simon@optinet.com (Simon) Cc: "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>, "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net> Subject: Re: I just want a decent server! Message-ID: <200704061957.l36JvQfB073178@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> In-Reply-To: <200704061846.l36Ik8Il075555@valhalla.t-b-o-h.net>
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Hi Simon, Thanks.... Well, I have contacted 6 of the people on the list so far. I guess I'll have to expand the search. I did look at Supermicro, and I think the closest I might get is the 6013P-8+ ... No redundant power but I'll live. Am I stupid to hold out for plain old Xeon? Am I being too "old school" trying to stay with SCSI? One thing I run into is that I want 2 different SCSI controllers/channels. One needs to run 4 internal drives in either RAID-10 or RAID-5, and another (PCI card) has to run an external RAID box via plain old SCSI. The other issue is I run into people who are just order takers, and trying to get a tech is close to impossible. As you can see, I'm incredibly frustrated. I'm a server down right now, all I want is someone to say "Sure, thats not a problem, it'll ship tonite" and when I get it its what I need and won't have any glitches running FreeBSD 5.X Thanks, Tuc > > You're contacting wrong people, I never had an issue like the one you > describe. There is a list of FreeBSD vendors on freebsd.org you can > contact I had decent experience with supermicro servers. Check their > website. Dell and HP servers work fine, too. All have the type of server > you describe. > > Don't leave messages, call until you find a company that answers their > phone during business hours. > > -Simon > > On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:00:33 -0400 (EDT), Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: > > >Hi, > > > I'm having a heck of a time trying to find somewhere > >responsible and responsive to buy a server from. It shouldn't be > >a major deal, but it does seem to be. I'm looking to replace > >an ASUS AP1600R-S5. I just want something that has the same > >sort of setup (Dual Xeons, 4G mem in enough chips I can > >remove 1/2 if there a memory issue suspected, 4 small > >size hot swap drives), CD/floppy INTERNAL this time, I need a SCSI > >on a different port/channel/etc externally for a RAID, and > >a redundant power supply would be really nice. > > > Trying to get companies to contact me back and > >get numbers that make sense is really problematic. > > > Am I asking for too much? Or too little? Or > >too old (SCSI). > > > Thanks, Tuc
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