From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 25 05:28:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA21254 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 05:28:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (root@brosenga.Pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA21249 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 05:28:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA03166; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 05:28:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 05:28:09 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre To: "Vnotchenko S.S." cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [H] Optimal computer for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199702251253.PAA23045@ns.extech.msk.su> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Vnotchenko S.S. wrote: > Hi, all! > My friends and I planing to use 2.1.7R-FreeBSD as main server > (DNS,Web,INND,FTP) for ours ISP network. > We want use something like this: PCI, Pentium-PRO ATX CPU, 64 Mb EDO RAM, > 2x4.5 Gb SCSI, > 8x SCSI CD-ROM, 10Mbit Ethernet. Please, recommend us hardware (firm, > model) known as best > (reliable, fast) working under 2.1.7R-FreeBSD (PCI devices if possible). I've had a really good experience with my Micron Millenia Pro Plus. > > --- > CPU: PPro-200 > Motherboard: ATX w/Intel 440FX, as far as I can tell. > SCSI Host adapter: Buslogic BT-948. Its reliability hasn't been perfect, but I don't really have a standard of comparison, as it's the only SCSI host adapter I've ever owned. > SCSI Hard drives: Conner CFP2107S > SCSI CD-ROM: Plextor 8plex internal > Ethernet card: Cheap generic NE2000, probably the least problematic piece of hardware in my system (and it's not a problematic system). > --- > > Thanks in advance, Sergey (sergey@extech.msk.su). > > > > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."