Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:51:01 +1000 From: Michael.Still@ipaustralia.gov.au To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> Cc: Doug.Jackson@ipaustralia.gov.au, carl@xena.aipo.gov.au, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 6300 with 4 Xeon processors ? Message-ID: <4A2567FA.003B9B0A.00@noteshub01.aipo.gov.au>
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--0__=lMgJpNYcRyYtlyFAW49Ohws2Fb2RSOLNdV6q9h70PpXzBFdk7qPZeyYM Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> cc: Doug Jackson, carl@xena.aipo.gov.au, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Hello. We run Dell PowerEdge 2300, 4300 and 6300 machines with FreeBSD 3.2 just fine. You should be aware that the install dies if you have too much RAM, we had to go down from 2GB to 128 MB when we ran the install CD. You are right to put the extra memory back in after that. Also, be aware that the Power Edge Raid Controllers (PERCs), are not supported by FreeBSD at the time. I have a feeling there is a driver in current, but we have a policy of only running from release. We use vinum and it flies. Hot swap PCI is supported by the hardware, but not by the kernel. These are the only things I can think of, email me if you have any more questions. Cheers, Michael "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> on 28/09/99 08:24:41 pm To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Subject: Dell PowerEdge 6300 with 4 Xeon processors ? Hello to all "satanic" fellows :-) I am considering to set up an X-terminal server running FreeBSD, with four Pentium III Xeon processors and 512MB-1GB RAM. This machine should service about 40 simultaneous X-users (running Netscape, Wordperfect, editors, LaTeX... mainly interactive use). I know that FreeBSD's SMP support is limited by the fact that the kernel is a big critical section, but in any case I would love to hear any experiences from people using similar configurations in a "many X-users" environment. With respect to the server, I like the Dell PowerEdge 6300. Does FreeBSD run trouble-free on this machine? Does anybody know? Of course, I am open to any suggestions :-) TIA, -- JMA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jos --0__=lMgJpNYcRyYtlyFAW49Ohws2Fb2RSOLNdV6q9h70PpXzBFdk7qPZeyYM Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable =E9 M=AA Alcaide | mailto:jose@we.lc.ehu.es Universidad del Pa=EDs Vasco | mailto:jmas@FreeBSD.ORG Dpto. de Electricidad y Electr=F3nica | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jo= se Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.: +34-946012479 48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN | Fax: +34-946013071 -----------------------------------------------------------------------= "Keyboard not present -- Press F1 to resume" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message = --0__=lMgJpNYcRyYtlyFAW49Ohws2Fb2RSOLNdV6q9h70PpXzBFdk7qPZeyYM-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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