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I have many of these deployed in remote PoP locations under *ahem* less
than optimal conditions.  Still running FreeBSD 8 on them, but we are in
the final testing phases of our 10 deployment.  Depending on the model,
they have different RAID controllers, and  IIRC it was a bit of a trick
to get the MRSAS driver bootstrapped, but otherwise works great.  Noise
was never a big concern as these as these are in remote locations, but
they have been really solid machines under terrible conditions.

-M

On 2015-12-22 11:05 AM, Sergei G wrote:
> A few weeks ago I got Dell PowerEdge 310 server and it appears FreeBSD
> supports its hardware well.  I don't run it in RAID mode, so I can't te=
ll
> anything about that.
>
> I installed it from USB flash device.
>
> I am happy so far.  It is an old hardware and I got it for $290 which w=
as
> my price range for home use.  It is a bit noisy, so I run it in hardwar=
e
> power management mode.  Not sure if I shall try FreeBSD power managemen=
t.
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