From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 7 17:14:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E6516A400 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 17:14:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net (rwcrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.192.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D62313C4BD for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 17:14:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from gimpy.tcbug.org (c-75-72-199-210.hsd1.mn.comcast.net[75.72.199.210]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20070407170404m1400ik6g9e>; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 17:04:04 +0000 Received: from gimpy.tcbug.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gimpy.tcbug.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B248A03F; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:04:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jpaetzel@localhost) by gimpy.tcbug.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l37H4EmI068823; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:04:14 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) X-Authentication-Warning: gimpy.tcbug.org: jpaetzel set sender to josh@tcbug.org using -f Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:04:14 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" Message-ID: <20070407170413.GN68260@tcbug.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: <200704061800.l36I0XA9070351@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200704061800.l36I0XA9070351@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I just want a decent server! X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Josh Paetzel List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:14:32 -0000 Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having a heck of a time trying to find somewhere > responsible and responsive to buy a server from. It shouldn't be > a major deal, but it does seem to be. I'm looking to replace > an ASUS AP1600R-S5. I just want something that has the same > sort of setup (Dual Xeons, 4G mem in enough chips I can > remove 1/2 if there a memory issue suspected, 4 small > size hot swap drives), CD/floppy INTERNAL this time, I need a SCSI > on a different port/channel/etc externally for a RAID, and > a redundant power supply would be really nice. > > Trying to get companies to contact me back and > get numbers that make sense is really problematic. > > Am I asking for too much? Or too little? Or > too old (SCSI). > > Thanks, Tuc > _______________________________________________ I've used boxes from ixsystems.com and freebsdsystems.com, both vendors are extremely knowledgable about FreeBSD and make sure their hardware is completely FreeBSD compatable. (they'll even preinstall it for you.) If you go with someone like Dell or HP you'll get comparable hardware at a cheaper price but you won't get any help from them whatsoever in trying to figure out if their hardware is completely compatable, and yes, I've run FBSD with good and bad results on various dell boxes over the years. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel