From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 14 17:32:11 2006 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 32D3A16A47B for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1A1843D70 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8EHVSgh049080; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:31:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k8EHVSw5049079; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:31:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:31:28 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Paul Schmehl Message-ID: <20060914173127.GB48998@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <45096C88.4030203@esiee.fr> <20060914153224.GK49058@ns2.wananchi.com> <4509873D.70302@gregs-garage.com> <9DD99E0DBF344563E814C50B@utd59514.utdallas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9DD99E0DBF344563E814C50B@utd59514.utdallas.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading our mail server 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, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:11 -0000 On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:56:24AM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:45:49 -0500 Greg Groth > wrote: > > > >Are any of the major server brands more FreeBSD friendly than others? I'm > >looking to purchase a server for some web apps. Our current config is > >running on a 6 year old Dell PowerEdge machine with SCSI RAID 5, 1 Ghz > >processor, 32 gig total disk capacity, and a gig of RAM. Upgrading this > >machine would cost more than it's worth. Boss insists on a name brand > >server (Dell, HP, Gateway, etc). Budget is in the $2K range. I'd rather > >stay away from SATA at this point due to the incredible amount of > >difficulty I experienced putting together a MythTV box earlier this year, > >and go with SCSI. If no one has specific recommendations, are there any > >specifics that are definite show stoppers that I should pay attention to > >when reviewing specs? There is a company calling itself FreeBSD systems that claims to make servers especially for BSD Unix. I don't know about the price points. I think they are kind of hard core heavy duty servers. Their web site is: http://www.freebsdsystems.com/ I seem to remember once seeing another site that hyped their servers as especially for BSD, but this is the only one I have an address for. The Dell machine mentioned below doesn't sound bad either if all the devices are happy with FreeBSD. ////jerry > > > I just bought a Dell 1950 rack mount with two 73GB SAS drives (3.5 inch, > 15K RPM), PERC 5/i integrated card, RAID 1, DRAC, 3.2GB processor, 2GB RAM, > etc. It was $2800+ including shipping. I *think* you can get down to the > $2000 range by downgrading the processor and memory and getting smaller > drives, but it's not going to be easy. (I'll be installing FreeBSD 6.1 > RELEASE on it tonight.) > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/