From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 16 15:02:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1AB616A4DB for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:02:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlasta.net (wow.atlasta.net [12.129.13.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5722F43FD7 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:02:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drais@wow.atlasta.net) Received: (qmail 70027 invoked by uid 1068); 16 Sep 2003 22:02:38 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 16 Sep 2003 22:02:38 -0000 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:02:38 -0700 (PDT) From: David Raistrick To: Nelis Lamprecht In-Reply-To: <1063348693.250.35.camel@enigma.8ball.co.za> Message-ID: References: <1063348693.250.35.camel@enigma.8ball.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestions for compatible server ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:02:40 -0000 On Thu, 12 Sep 2003, Nelis Lamprecht wrote: > I'm looking to purchase a Dual Xeon with Raid support and I'm thinking > either IBM, Compaq/HP. My problem is none of these vendors will > guarantee that FreeBSD will be compatible with their systems and they Nelis, I've got a SuperMicro 6023P-8R on the way, as well as some Kingston PC2100 memory and two 2.4Ghz Xeons. This uses the X5DP8 motherboard. Also, I'll be using an Adaptec 2200S Ultra360 RAID card instead of the available zero-slot RAID for the motherboard, on the recommendation of Adaptec. I'll hopefully be letting the list know how this works out in a few weeks. ...david --- david raistrick drais@atlasta.net http://www.expita.com/nomime.html