From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 13 16:44:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C1A106564A for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterpub2@aboutsupport.com) Received: from dns.msk.asap.bg (dns.msk.asap.bg [78.90.206.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B338FC14 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:44:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterpub2@aboutsupport.com) Received: from [10.30.1.106] (unknown [95.87.202.193]) by dns.msk.asap.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id 725EF39819 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:44:23 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <4A5B645C.2090105@aboutsupport.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:44:12 +0300 From: Peter User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: OFFTOPIC: HP DL1xx vs IBM x3250 vs DELL R200 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: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:44:22 -0000 Hello, We are about to buy 1U rack mount server for the office. The server room is small and close to meeting room so we have two priorities: 1)Good FreeBSD support. 2) Low noise level (!) Speed is not a priority, system load will be small. Which one will you recommend ? HP DL160G5 E5405 2x1GB 2x250GB NHP-SATA CD-DVD Combo 3y carepack;Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor E5405 (2.00 GHz, 80W, 1333MHz FSB);Supports up to 64 GB of PC2-5300 (DDR2-667) and up to 32 GB of PC2-6400 (DDR2-800) fully buffered DIMMs (DDR2-667) with Advanced ECC; Two embedded NC105i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapters;Five USB ports (two front, one internal, two rear);650W Power Supply (Non-Hot Plug, Autoswitching);Rack (1U) VS: IBM x3250 M2 1 x Xeon Q3330 QuadCore 2.66GHz/1333MHz FSB Hyper Threading with EM64T, 6MB Cache, 2x1024MB ECC DDR2, 2 x 250 GB SATA/SAS HDD HotSwap, OpenBay Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hot Swap, Integrated RAID-1, 1x351W, DVD/CD-RW, Dual LAN 10/100/1000, 3 year on-site warranty VS: DELL™ PowerEdge™ R200 1 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor X3210 2.13 GHz / 1066 MHz FSB / 8 MB SAS 6/i Integrated RAID Controller Card for SATA and SAS Hard Drives, RAID 0,1 2GB 800MHz ECC Unbuffered DDR-2 SDRAM 2 х 250GB, SATA, 3.5-inch, 7.2K RPM Hard Drive (Cabled) Slim DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive R200 PCI-E Riser Card (2 x PCI Express slots) dual embedded Broadcom® Gigabit Ethernet NIC Sliding Rack Kit for Dell Racks (Rapid Rails) Prices are almost the same :-) Please recommend. Thanks in advance. Peter