From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 00:17:05 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FF1316A41A for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:17:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dean@fragfest.com.au) Received: from aramaki.bong.com.au (aramaki.bong.com.au [202.76.172.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 534C413C442 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:17:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dean@fragfest.com.au) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=webmail.bong.com.au) by aramaki.bong.com.au with esmtpa (Exim 4.61 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1J58cY-0003qT-94; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:46:38 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:46:38 +1100 From: Dean Hamstead To: Michael Shafae Organization: Fragfest AU In-Reply-To: <6FB9082B-F340-48B9-BB51-9E07851FD43C@fullerton.edu> References: <6FB9082B-F340-48B9-BB51-9E07851FD43C@fullerton.edu> Message-ID: X-Sender: dean@fragfest.com.au User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware Suggestions X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:17:05 -0000 dell has fantastic customer service. other people may feel differently, but we use all dell for our 100 or so rack mount servers. Dean On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:42:06 -0800, Michael Shafae wrote: > > Hi List, > > I have a modest budget (less than $4K) to purchase a server that I > would like to run FreeBSD on. I am an educational customer so I can > get a little bit of a discount. > > I need a system that will act as a host for my subversion repository > and as the 'lab' web server (mix of static and dynamic pages) for me > and my students. I will also need to use the system to host MySQL and > PostgreSQL databases for students when I teach database courses. On > occasion, a little bit of number crunching (triangular mesh > processing) is done but nothing too terrible. > > I would like at least 4GB of RAM and at least two CPU cores. My > storage needs right now are modest (10 GB) but I expect this to grow > by at least 1 GB per semester. > > Currently I'm eyeing a Sun Fire X4200 M2, HP ProLiant DL365 or a Dell > 2950. If anyone has any feedback or suggestions I would greatly > appreciate it. > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- http://fragfest.com.au