From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 02:04:12 2006 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 2DC9716A417 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:04:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from d.hill@yournetplus.com) Received: from admin.mwci.net (cgate.yournetplus.com [162.42.148.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D3D43CB2 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:02:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from d.hill@yournetplus.com) Received: from [12.219.108.146] (account d.hill@yournetplus.com) by admin.mwci.net (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.1.8) with HTTP id 78917414; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:03:37 +0000 From: To: Jay Chandler X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.1.8 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:03:37 +0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4581FD29.6040807@chapman.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 2950 & 1950 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: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:04:12 -0000 On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:40:57 -0800 Jay Chandler wrote: >Bill Moran wrote: >> We get all our units with Dell's remote access card >>installed. It >> gives us the same kind of remote admin -- equivalent to >>being able to >> hit the power button from the other side of the planet. >> >Some of our servers have it, some of them don't-- I've >been here four months, and wasn't involved in prior >purchases. If I had my druthers, we'd be on HP servers >instead (I'd also probably be able to get a good price on >Ebay for "druthers," but I digress), or IBM, or one of >several other more expensive options, but for now I'm >playing the hand I was dealt, serverwise. On the plus >side, they're all starting out with a comfortable 4 gigs >of RAM. > >>> What advantages/disadvantages do you see with running >>>the 64 bit >>> architecture? I must confess, it never occured to me to >>>try that... >>> I'm running the Dual Core Xeon processors, if that helps >>>anything. >>> >> >> In our case, we're primarily concerned about RAM. These >>units are starting >> out with 4G, and we're monitoring them so we can add RAM >>when the usage >> goes up. amd64 is obviously going to be better >>supported going forward >> than PAE. >> >Right, PAE is sort of a blast from the past, and I'd much >sooner go to a new server than screw around with the 4gb >limit personally. Is there any more work to maintaining >an amd64 install than "grab a different ISO when it's >time to install the box?" > >Also, will it work on the Xeon dual core? I've always >been comfortably removed from the hardware level, and my >new responsibilities aren't quite familiar to me yet... We just recently purchased a PowerEdge 6850 configured with 4x3.0ghz dual core zeon processors. The AMD64 ISO install was used. Once the basic install was complete, I recompiled the kernel with SMP. They are all showing up and operational.