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Date:      Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:47:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Craig Huckabee <huck@nosc.mil>
To:        BWS - Offwhite <brennan@offwhite.net>
Cc:        "Freebsd-Questions@Freebsd. Org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Dell Poweredge 2400
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000901164414.9711B-100000@mailbox.atlantic.spawar.navy.mil>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009011511140.60602-100000@home.offwhite.net>

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  I've beat the crap out of my 2300 with the AMI controller, running an
  SMP kernel - no problems.  I *did* flash the controller/BIOS to the
  most current revisions before the beatings started.

  HTH,
  Craig


On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, BWS - Offwhite wrote:

> Ok, you are scaring the hell out of me.
> 
> Is it for sure this new Dell will lock up on me under high load?  I just
> got the new server so it can handle the high load we expect to have once
> our new ad campaign starts: radio, tv, billboards and busses.
> 
> (i like the busses the most)
> 
> Anyway, if this locks up (database server) while we are getting hit we
> will be hurting.  Can anyone offer any help here?
> 
> Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin
> projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com
> 
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Steve Kaczkowski wrote:
> 
> > Jonathan Defries wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Is anyone running FreeBSD on these servers? I want to order a couple
> > > for firewalls, but have not been able to check whether they run OK
> > > or not.
> > 
> > I've talked to a couple people that have these boxes up and running and
> > from what they said they're running great!
> > 
> > I've got 2 on order so hopefully in the next couple weeks I'll be able
> > to do some playing..
> > 
> > Couple things to keep in mind though.. Last I checked the PERC RAID
> > controllers have some firmware issues that cause the machine to
> > lockup under load, however Dell and AMI know about this and
> > are working on a fix (May be out already).
> > 
> > Also there are some kernel tweaks you may have to do in order for
> > things to work right, specifically NAPIC = 2, NINTR = 28 I guess
> > with the defaults the system doesn't want to boot..
> > 
> > Hope this helps..
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Steve Kaczkowski	Time Warner Telecom IDD
> > steve@inc.net          	(414)908-9012
> > http://www.inc.net     	(603)737-9209 Fax
> > 
> > 
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