Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:43:22 +0100 From: lars <lars@gmx.at> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server vendor specific mailing lists ... Message-ID: <20060108224322.GA60673@storage.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <43C13919.5070900@mac.com> References: <20060108023655.H1088@ganymede.hub.org> <43C13919.5070900@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >Not sure who best to send this to, but figured I'd send it publicly to
> >see also if others think this idea might have merit ...
> >
> >Basically, I'm just about to take possession of my first HP server ...
> >my biggest 'fear' is that HP doesn't support FreeBSD, but from posts
> >I've seen here, that shouldn't be a problem ... what I'd love to see is
> >a 'vendor specific' mailing list where ppl can more easily tap others
> >brains for their experiences ... a "FreeBSD user support group for
> >{IBM,HP,Dell} servers", that a FreeBSD user can turn to knowing that
> >others on that list are using "their vendor of choice" for their servers
> >...
>
> FreeBSD attempts to support all reasonably functional hardware; there isn't
> a great deal of difference between a Dell and an HP except for which RAID
> system and NIC they come with.
>
> You might find that mentioning the specific model you have would produce
> more useful feedback. You might also find asking the freebsd-isp list
> would produce responses more oriented towards people rackrounting and using
> LOM/remote management tools...
And then there's also the FreeBSD ProLiant mailing list:
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-proliant
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