From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 26 08:21:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A45E16A4CE for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:21:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB1343D4C for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:21:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (ohoyer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i3QFLbDQ055743; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:21:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)i3QFLZQ4055740; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:21:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) X-Authentication-Warning: gaff.hhhr.ision.net: ohoyer owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:21:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer Sender: ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net To: "Andrew, Juan" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040426171939.U55433@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for a FreeBSD hardware solution for a web server farm X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:21:37 -0000 On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, Andrew, Juan wrote: > Hi > > I am looking for a FreeBSD 4.6 hardware solutions for a web server farm. My servers spec are as follow: > > 1) FreeBSD 4.6 > 2) Xeon 2.8 GHz > 3) 2048 MB RAM > 4) 36GB SCSI > 5) 2 GB Network > > Does anyone know about any hardware solution (SUN or HP or anyother ) that it works under these specs Well, Sun V60x or 65x will do, they are relabelled Intel OEM boxes, or HP 380 G3, nice thing, also quite sturdy. Only disadvantage is, that you don't get snmp agents for that box, but the ilo also reports most of the hardware issues via web interface. I'd also recommend going to 4.9 or 4.10 when its available, some driver have undergone some updating... Just my 0.02 Euro... Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)