Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:43:02 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Dave VanAuken <dave@hawk-systems.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable Message-ID: <20010710204302.B26312@nexus.root.com> In-Reply-To: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNKECAGNAA.dave@hawk-systems.com>; from dave@hawk-systems.com on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 09:12:52PM -0400 References: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNKECAGNAA.dave@hawk-systems.com>
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>we arelooking for a new vendor for 1U units. > >Given the inherant marketing valur of brand recognition, we are >considering trying out a few Intel ISP1100 and SRMK2 models of 1U >servers (not the preconfigured hosting/cache and other garbage >models). > >Any first hand experience with loading up 4.3 Stable on these systems >that would be helpful before we dump a chunk of change on some? > >Barring that, any other first hand recommendations for solid 1U >FreeBSD friendly solutions from solid well founded companies. Looking >for dual SCSI / RAID mirroring, hefty memory (a la 4GB max), low heat >and power consumption... but most of all solid performer. > >Appreciate any input. My company manufactures 1U and 2U servers. We haven't done RAID inside the 1U server, but it's theoretically possible using a RAID card of some sort. We have sold configurations of 1U with our external RAID systems, however, and have a great deal of RAID expertise. I'd be happy to discuss this privately with you in more depth. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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