From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 15 03:56:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1309716A4DD for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:56:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9371243D45 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:56:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88760290C37; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:56:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13108-05; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-224-179-167.eastlink.ca [24.224.179.167]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C6F7290C29; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:56:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1027) id A71FE3839D; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:56:17 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A59C13769F; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:56:17 -0300 (ADT) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:56:17 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd To: Christoph Schug In-Reply-To: <20060714103534.GI4510@voodoo.schug.net> Message-ID: <20060715005517.P1799@ganymede.hub.org> References: <200607140712.k6E7CCow020898@lurza.secnetix.de> <20060714103534.GI4510@voodoo.schug.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hp ProLiant DL360 G4 or G5 on FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE? 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: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:56:20 -0000 On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Christoph Schug wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2006, Oliver Fromme wrote: > >> Joakim Platbarzdis 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