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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IBM 3630
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On 06/15/11 11:34, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> Chris Hill wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
>>
>>> Peter Toth wrote:
>>>> Anyone is running IBM 3630 out there with FreeBSD?
>>> Short:	Try Harder ;-)
>>> Medium:	If one ask a better question, one gets better answers.
>> Well said.
> Thanks !
>
>> I misread the subject at first, and thought the OP was asking about 
>> running FreeBSD on an IBM 360  =:^O
> Yup, me too :-)  First thought was "Maybe this is a spoof", 2nd was
> "Maybe NetBSD, - they do lots of unusual architectures" - then I
> wondered if it really did exist, so I went searching :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Julian
We've got a special deal on these with 24TB raw storage + 2x drives in
the back of it with an additional drive cage. Planning to use it as a
custom ZFS storage..