From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 2 14:25:53 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 AD5AC16A41F for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:25:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E84543D46 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:25:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 27471 invoked from network); 3 Sep 2005 00:25:52 +1000 Received: from 203-173-33-12.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO ?192.168.13.3?) (203.173.33.12) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 3 Sep 2005 00:25:52 +1000 Message-ID: <431860E9.6010905@meijome.net> Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:25:45 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Dixit, Viraj" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: Building a New BSD 5.3 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: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:25:53 -0000 Dixit, Viraj wrote: > I have a question regarding the compatibility of BSD 5.3 Unix which I found very stable running the OS for a website. I am purchasing a new server and these are the qualities that the server has. Is BSD 5.3 will be able to work and be compatible with these options. > > Enterprise-class uptime and manageability, proven Intel(r) Xeon(tm) performance and 2U density for a variety of rack deployments > All HP ProLiant DL380 G4 models include: > * Intel(r) Xeon(tm) processor with 800MHz FSB > * PC2-3200 registered ECC DDR2 SDRAM memory > * Integrated Smart Array 6i controller > * Dual port embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC (NC7782) > hi there, not *exactly* the same models, but we have 4 x DL360s with the same arrays and NICs and they work great. And they come with those nice iLO cards (no, haven't configured them under Fbsd, completelly firmware based). B