Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:03:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> To: Patrick Calkins <pcalkins@oemsupport.com> Cc: "Freebsd-Hardware (E-mail)" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>, "Freebsd-Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which hardware vender for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104191459180.49251-100000@q.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <9B9CB6555E6BA049BC2B857E7711C24F0239A1@puke.reno.oemsupport.com>
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On 2001-04-19, Patrick Calkins scribbled: # I am installing a datacenter with web servers, mail servers, database # servers and file servers. I don't want any MS products if I can help it ;o). # The question is which commercial vendors are best to use if going with a # FreeBSD OS? I tried to talk to Dell and Compaq about it, but they seem more # than happy to help me if I am going to use all MS stuff, but mention FreeBSD # and they are all clueless about it. They don't even seem to up on Linux # either (although they both claim to support it, and ship their servers with # it if you need it). I talked to BSDi about it as well, they (naturally) # support the xBSD but it seems that they want to sell you the same hardware # that I can go to my local computer store and buy myself. I want fast, # reliable, good equipment. With the norm for a datacenter - RAID 5, hot-swap, # clustering, etc. I wanted to stick with a one vender solution if I could # help it. Does anyone know what Yahoo runs for their hardware vendors? I # noticed on mail.yahoo.com they sport a Compaq logo, but I thought they used # FreeBSD for their OS - does this mean that Compaq *really* does support xBSD # if you give them enough $$$??? I expect the project to be around $250,000 so # money really isnt a concern. You can always go with BSDi's hardware/computer division and configure/purchase servers that they can pre-install FreeBSD 4.x or BSD/OS on the servers for you. VA Linux and Penguin Computing servers are pretty good, but don't expect to have FreeBSD installed on there by default. Compaq, Dell and the other large companies don't (or at times, don't want to support) FreeBSD or any non Microsoft or Linux operating system. If they support Linux, it's either available on a limited configuration basis or on a not-pre-installed basis. You could also decide to buy the components and build them yourself :) If you really want horsepower and the ability to go multi-proc later, the Compaq Alpha rackmounted servers are nice and I think they have FreeBSD (or at least one of the BSDs) installed on some of their Test Drive servers. -- Linh Pham [lplist@closedsrc.org] // 404b - Brain not found To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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