From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 13 10:31:33 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 10:31:31 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from relayout1.micronpc.com (meihost.micronpc.com [209.19.139.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2216F37B400 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:31:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mei00wssout01.micron.com (mei00wssout01.micronpc.com [172.30.41.216]) by relayout1.micronpc.com (2.5 Build 2640 (Berkeley 8.8.6)/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA05769 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:31:04 -0700 Received: from 172.30.41.146 by mei00wssout01.micron.com with ESMTP ( WorldSecure Server SMTP Relay(WSS) v4.5); Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:31:05 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: 6b1d535a-5b27-11d3-bf09-00902786a6a3 Received: by imcout1.micronpc.com with Internet Mail Service ( 5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:31:05 -0700 Message-ID: <8D18712B2604D411A6BB009027F644980DD7DA@0SEA01EXSRV1> From: "Matt Simerson" To: "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: hardware Dell or BSDi Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:30:59 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-WSS-ID: 16291FE336328-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG We've got a couple BSDI machines in our lab in addition to Micron's, HP's, and some black boxes we build ourselves. The BSDI box is by far the most economical (as far as buying rackmount) and perform as well as anything else. They are also using good "standard" parts which means you can find replacement components at CompUSA, Fryes, or wherever. The BSDI boxes are made by Telenet systems, a most respected hardware company (in many unix circles) who was recently purchase by BSDI. I'm pleased to say that even after the purchase they still make mighty fine servers. Matt > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, you wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > We are going to buy our first 1U 19" rack server > (pizzacarton size), and > > probably there will be more in the future, they have to run FreeBSD > > 4.1-stable. > > > > Normally we buy all our hardware at Dell, they also have > this kind of > > servers, for instance the PowerApp Web 100, we have also > seen this kind of > > servers form BSDi.com, they have FreeBSD preinstalled, and > say they are > > completely optimized. But they are considerably more expensive. > > > > Can anyone tell me more about both these servers, how good > is the BSDi > > machine (and the organization), does FreeBSD install on the > Dell and so on? > > > > tia > > Jeroen Heijungs > > Het Muziektheater > > Amsterdam, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message