Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 12:33:26 +0100 From: Anton Bobrov <anton.bobrov@sun.com> To: Kurt Seel <kseel@utcorp.com> Cc: "freebsd-smp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dell poweredge anyone? Message-ID: <3CFDF706.133E3D38@sun.com> References: <3CFD02F4.75E748F1@utcorp.com>
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Kurt Seel wrote: > > I have used several Dell uniprocessors with FreeBSD. > Overall, I like them. I also like Dell's service and > support (relatively speaking). Is anyone using Dell > multi-proccessor boxes? dell precision 410 [2p3] works just fine. quite old box maybe, but its cheap. > Does anyone know if: > * the onboard NIC works / is worth a damn? dell mostly use 3com or intel, most of them are supported and quite good cards anyway. > * the onboard SCSI works / is worth a damn someone answered this already. > * SMP is flawless on this box? flawless in general terms. kernel sees 2nd cpu can run something on it, no panics i've seen in relation to smp stuff, i'm playing with different scheduler algorithms so tests i'm running usually involving lots of procs/threads, so in general its flawless. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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