Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:58:40 -0400 From: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD Message-ID: <000201c81afd$13a5f330$6501a8c0@GRANT> References: <20071029000347.GA25576@farnborough.darq.net> <200710282036.39340.lists@jnielsen.net> <20071029013653.GA32045@farnborough.darq.net> <1193673897.934.22.camel@doraji.izb.knu.ac.kr> <E28C88E5-48B3-4EF3-817A-635C1241C371@gmail.com> <1193685311.964.11.camel@viola.izb.knu.ac.kr><301DD680-2AA7-4AE3-8681-DC0DF48E0B00@gmail.com> <000001c81aa1$98ec02c0$cac40840$@com>
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All, We have been using Dell since early 2001. in fact, I have one comming up = on two years uptime. (FreeBSD 4.4, Yeah, I know, but I just can't bring = myself to shut it down to upgrade). Raid works well, new SAS systems = work well, no burn CPUs or Memory. Lots of great online and on phone = support.=20 I tried sourcing some 1u and 2u systems elsewhere (no names please), and = in the end the Dells with 3 Year silver support and Waranttee were the = same price, in a couple ways cheaper. As for speed, they seem to middle of the pack. BUT remember ... bus = speed, memory speed, disk access, are all sky high anyways, so speed may = not bee an issue anyways, even with slower systems. About the only negative thing I have to say is that I was not at all = impressed with the DRAC III/XT cards. The new generation 4 and 5 cards = seem to be better though. I had some problems with freeBSD 6.0 freezing, but the same hardware is = running 6.2 with no issues now. I am sure that was a FReeBSD quotas = problem anyway. Even a simple 24 port managed switch I have works good. My two cents, -Grant ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Terry Sposato=20 To: 'Eric Crist' ; 'User Questions'=20 Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:04 PM Subject: RE: Recommended servers for FreeBSD On Oct 29, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:05 -0500, Eric Crist wrote: >> On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: >> >> How do HP servers compare to Dell? We're Dell fans here, but always >> willing to look at something better. > > I do not know about Dell well. However i *really* want to use Dell=20 > if i > have a chance. I think Dell is also good friend of FreeBSD. > If you're looking for a Dell recommendation, I'll give you one.=20 I've had nothing but great luck with them. So far, all their=20 hardware I've tried to use has been supported. There are rumors that=20 their newest systems have gigabit network cards that FreeBSD doesn't=20 have a stable driver for, so you're forced to install an Intel or=20 other one in one of the available PCI slots. RAID works great, hot swap and the whole works. Even the RAID=20 battery status comes up in dmesg appropriately. We tend to use used systems, as we're not in need of the fastest=20 systems out there, but we're looking at buying a couple brand-new=20 within the next month or so. If you're interested, trying buying a=20 box on eBay (great prices), and you'll be pleasantly surprised. HTH! ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Sorry for the awkward posting but I am at work so hence using a = Windows machine with Outlook. I have attached a dmesg output of a Dell 2950 machine we recently = purchased and have running flawlessly on FreeBSD amd64 6.2-RELEASE. Everything works great, didn't have to fiddle around with anything, = GENERIC kernel picked up everything also. Cheers, Terry _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Total Control Panel Login=20 =20 To: gpeel@thenetnow.com=20 From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 Remove this sender from my allow list=20 =20 =20 You received this message because the sender is on your = allow list.=20 =20
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