Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:56:17 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd <freebsd@hub.org> To: Christoph Schug <chris+freebsd-hardware@schug.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hp ProLiant DL360 G4 or G5 on FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE? Message-ID: <20060715005517.P1799@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060714103534.GI4510@voodoo.schug.net> References: <C9B3A997-823D-4713-97F1-9E96179EFBC9@nobleentertainment.com> <200607140712.k6E7CCow020898@lurza.secnetix.de> <20060714103534.GI4510@voodoo.schug.net>
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Christoph Schug wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2006, Oliver Fromme wrote: > >> Joakim Platbarzdis <joakim@nobleentertainment.com> wrote: >> > I'm planning on deploying a server using FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. >> > >> > What is your suggestion, should I go for hp ProLiant DL360 G4 or is >> > there any sense in waiting for G5, that will be available to me >> > within a few weeks? >> > >> > Any compatability issues to look forward to? I know very little of >> > FreeBSD (this is my first attempt). >> >> We're running 6.1 on DL360 G2, G3 and G4 for several weeks. >> No issues so far, except there doesn't seem to be a way to >> monitor the hardware (fans and temperature) under FreeBSD. >> (G5 vs. G4 shouldn't make a difference in that regard, >> though.) > > The SAS models of generation G4 and all G5 have SAS RAID controllers. > While at least some of them should be supported be ciss(4) as well, I > would rather stick to DL360 G4 SCSI model since its SmartArray 6i RAID > controller is well tested. I'm running the HP DL360 G4p / SAS with the RAID controller and ciss driver, and haven't experienced any problems so far ... have 2 servers online so far, and a third on order ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664
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