From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 2 14:46:52 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 601FE16A424 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:46:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@csolve.net) Received: from balrog.csolve.net (balrog.csolve.net [207.164.80.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FF6043D48 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:46:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@csolve.net) Received: from [10.10.18.126] (helo=[10.10.18.126]) by balrog.csolve.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50 (FreeBSD)) id 1EBCoa-0006De-M0; Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:46:48 -0400 Message-ID: <431865D8.2050502@csolve.net> Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:46:48 -0400 From: Derek Buttineau | Compu-SOLVE Organization: Compu-SOLVE Internet Services User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050901) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Dixit, Viraj" References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.6.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime 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 14:46:52 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 FreeBSD runs quite well on the HP DLxxx models, only annoying quirk is that if you set the OS Type in the BIOS to Other (since there's no BSD options) it won't display a lot of the features to the OS (such as SMP). Derek 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) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDGGXXkFNFGZZn6c0RArHEAJ9cN5gfq2u44LjIE7cBHWW98FGpwwCgmRBK EGD2qA+/+O8Ys7L9TIHXqy8= =dyei -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----