From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 8 22:44:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD8CD16A41F for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:44:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2BAC43D49 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:44:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 08 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0000 Received: from 113.255.203.62.cust.bluewin.ch (EHLO storage.mine.nu) [62.203.255.113] by mail.gmx.net (mp033) with SMTP; 08 Jan 2006 23:44:32 +0100 X-Authenticated: #912863 Received: from storage.mine.nu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storage.mine.nu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k08MhOPH060689; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:43:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars@storage.mine.nu) Received: (from lars@localhost) by storage.mine.nu (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k08MhNFc060688; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:43:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:43:22 +0100 From: lars To: Chuck Swiger Message-ID: <20060108224322.GA60673@storage.mine.nu> References: <20060108023655.H1088@ganymede.hub.org> <43C13919.5070900@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43C13919.5070900@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server vendor specific mailing lists ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:44:34 -0000 Chuck Swiger 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