Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 08:52:40 -0700 From: Charles Randall <crandall@matchlogic.com> To: Lorenzo Cavassa <Lorenzo.Cavassa@ALPcom.IT>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Dell or Compaq Message-ID: <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC03056FD50E@houston.matchlogic.com>
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Search the list archives for Compaq and you'll find nothing but problems. I'd recommend the following, o Carefully select and purchase Dell machines. Buy one and do extensive testing on it before committing to a larger order. Search the archives for "Dell" to find recommendations. I've got a Dell Precision 410 with 2x600 MHz P-IIIs that runs extremely well. o Buy uniprocessor boxes unless your testing from the first step shows a measurable increase in performance with SMP. o Don't go for an on-board RAID controller. Use an external RAID array (a box of disks with a front-panel for controlling the array) with a SCSI interface instead. Use multiple controllers and multiple arrays for speed. o Choose your Ethernet cards carefully. The Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B or Pro/100+ are recommended as having the highest throughput for the lowest overhead. o Load 'em up with RAM. PC RAM is cheap compared to Sun RAM. :^) Charles -----Original Message----- From: Lorenzo Cavassa [mailto:Lorenzo.Cavassa@ALPcom.IT] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 4:17 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Dell or Compaq Hi, i've an hard to resolve problem: my organization needs to port all the services running on a Sun Enterprise 4500 (8 cpu, 1GB ram, Solaris 2.6) on one or more server running FreeBSD. Services are all the classical internet services: email, web, ftp, proxy, dns, ldap, mysql and so on. Because i'm involved in the task, i'm searching for the best hardware platform that can supply the same services with the same overall speed. I'm oriented to buy Dell or Compaq (Intel) servers (one or more), but i have several questions about: - SMP: planning to run FreeBSD 3.4, on a Dell or a Compaq server, can i suppose to run SMP in a reliable manner? - RAID: apart from DPT, there are other RAID solutions? i know that Compaq sell several RAID solutions supported by FreeBSD. It's true? - software RAID: can i think vinum as a reliable solution? Thank you for the support, Lorenzo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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