From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 26 04:44:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63FC316A405 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:44:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@qwirky.net) Received: from public.aci.on.ca (aci.on.ca [205.207.148.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10F5613C4AD for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:44:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@qwirky.net) Received: from (invalid client hostname: host address literal does not match remote client address)[127.0.0.1] (xtreme-156-171.dyn.aci.on.ca[69.17.156.171] port=3821) by public.aci.on.ca([205.207.148.252] port=25) via TCP with esmtp (1994 bytes) (sender: ) id for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:44:06 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.122-Pre 2005-Nov-17 #1 built 2006-Feb-21) Message-ID: <45B98716.9090702@qwirky.net> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:44:06 -0500 From: Jeff Royle User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <45C70401CEDC85AA7A692962@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <45C70401CEDC85AA7A692962@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0706-2, 25/01/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: [Opinions Wanted] Dell PowerEdge 2950 Servers ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lists@qwirky.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:44:07 -0000 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Have a friend that swears by them, but ... he's in the Linux camp, so tends to > have a quasi-inside track ... > > What are ppls opinions on them as far as FreeBSD is concerned? > > Also, interested in what sort of specs ppl are running ... I'm interested in > going with an 8xSAS drive system, dual-dual-core, figuring 10 or 16G of RAM ... > redundant power and the Dell Remote Access Card ... > > Thanks ... > I will make a general comment about these servers. Dell servers really only rack nicely in Dell Racks. You *can* get them racked in other standard racks but it can be painful. Depending on how many you are purchasing you might want to factor in the Dell Rack cost. In general I would say the few PowerEdges we use have been rock solid in terms of hardware. Dell does put some effort in this department. Unfortunately I cannot comment on FreeBSD on these devices, we only have Linux (RedHat and now Gentoo) on the server. One day they will let me on the box :) Cheers, Jeff