From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jul 10 20:54:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77EA137B401 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:54:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dg@root.com) Received: (from dg@localhost) by root.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f6B3h2035702; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:43:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dg) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:43:02 -0700 From: David Greenman To: Dave VanAuken Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable Message-ID: <20010710204302.B26312@nexus.root.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from dave@hawk-systems.com on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 09:12:52PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >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