From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 24 18:38:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AC3316A47B for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:38:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@tamara-b.org) Received: from olm.blythe-systems.com (olm.blythe-systems.com [69.94.64.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6B5F43D48 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:38:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@tamara-b.org) Received: from tamara-b.org (uucp@localhost) by olm.blythe-systems.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with UUCP id k5OIc8r20568 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:38:08 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (voyager [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5OIa6En012481 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:36:07 -0400 Message-ID: <449D8616.5040306@tamara-b.org> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:36:06 -0400 From: Bob Richards Organization: M/V Tamara B User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041206 Thunderbird/1.0 Mnenhy/0.6.0.104 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: id=F2DBFD9C; url=http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xD652FFB3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: A New FreeBSD Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bob@tamara-b.org List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:38:13 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Folks: This is my first post here. I believe it is the correct list for my questions. If not, please excuse me and direct me to the proper list. I have been using Linux as my WorkStation since V0.98 Kernel, so I know a bit about NIX's I am giving up on Linux for various reasons which I won't go into here. I am setting up a Dell 2400 Server for FreeBSD use. I ordered the Big $79.00 CD/Manual set for 6.1, and it should arrive in a few days. In the mean time I am setting up the server. The Dell, a dual CPU machine, has a PERC 2/Si controler, with 6 17GB drives. I am in the process of verifying/formating the individual drives as I type. The next step will be to create containers, which will appear as DRIVES to the new OS. My question is what is the best configuration for FreeBsd? I want some form of RAID, and as fast a file system as is possible. I will be doing a very COMPLETE install, as I like to do things like switch from KDE to Gnome once in a while, and have tons of office-type apps. I need a full "C" development system, as well as a complete FreePascal setup. My CVS Repository is around 10GB, and my Home dir currently has 10GB of additional stuff :-( Swap drive, should probably be a piece of one of the 17GB drives (NO RAID) the Box has 500MB ram...... Any and all suggestions Oh..... one more thing. This box has no multimedia card, I need to purchase one, any sugestions on this score? TIA Bob - -- PGP Encrypted E-Mail Preferred Public Key at: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xD652FFB3 . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEnYYVeoERI/Lb/ZwRAqPLAKCEgRbMGW9ckOH3jImeKNUiV1ibtgCeKds9 l83gwPlkxKat8SnZfs3fmxs= =ZG35 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----