From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 29 01:37:16 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 103C716A469 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:37:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew@farnborough.darq.net) Received: from farnborough.darq.net (fab.darq.net [82.136.41.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8412513C4A6 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:36:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew@farnborough.darq.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by farnborough.darq.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C6A1D015; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:36:57 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at darq.net Received: from farnborough.darq.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (farnborough.darq.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xX2JCZdZWBUa; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:36:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: by farnborough.darq.net (Postfix, from userid 1057) id 2F5D31D011; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:36:54 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:36:54 +0000 From: Andrew Wasilczuk To: John Nielsen Message-ID: <20071029013653.GA32045@farnborough.darq.net> References: <20071029000347.GA25576@farnborough.darq.net> <200710282036.39340.lists@jnielsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200710282036.39340.lists@jnielsen.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:37:16 -0000 Hi John, > Check out ixsystems.com. They build and support servers particularly for > FreeBSD (and other lesser unix-like OSes) and are competitively priced. The > pre-sales engineer I talked to definitely had a clue so you should be able > to make a good decision before you give them any money. :) They look good, but I would prefer somebody in the UK since that's where I'm based. > If you're more of a do-it-yourself person then servers built around > supermicro boards should be reasonably compatible, but you'll want to > verify the network and storage chipsets beforehand if they're onboard. I run two legacy supermicro boxes and they seem fine. One of the reasons I use a lot of IBM is that if anything goes wrong they will send an engineer and fix it reasonably quick, where with DIY I don't have that kind of comfort. > HP ProLiant servers are generally decent. The onboard RAID is usually > supported by the ciss driver. I haven't dealt with HP yet, but I'm starting to seriously consider them. How is good is their support when things go wrong? Cheers, Andrew. -- __/_/_ w: http://darq.com/ __/_/_ m: 07971 10 20 88 / / t: 020 7100 1447