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Date:      Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:04 -0400
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To:        Andrew Wasilczuk <andrew@darq.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20071029162704.GF11142@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20071029000347.GA25576@farnborough.darq.net>
References:  <20071029000347.GA25576@farnborough.darq.net>

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On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 12:03:47AM +0000, Andrew Wasilczuk wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm interested to see what servers people use for FreeBSD.  I used to
> buy the IBM xSeries x306 for firewalls and web servers and the x206 for
> low budget file servers, but both aren't being sold anymore.  I recently
> got a few IBM x3200 and x3550.  They are really nicely built and I
> hardly have any problems.  However, the on-board RAID controllers
> (Adaptec AIC-9580W) aren't supported under FreeBSD so I fit them with
> 3ware 9000 series RAID cards.  Although I really like those 3ware cards,
> it seems like an extra expense that could be avoided.
> 
> What servers do you guys buy and why?  I would really like to have the
> on-board RAID supported. Do HP servers play well with FreeBSD?  If yes,
> which models would you recommend?

Besides the ubiquitious Dells and HPs, the ones I am have seen that seem
to be FreeBSD aware are:   (Not that Dell and HP are FreeBSD aware)

FreedomTechnologies which used to call itself FreeBSD Systems at:
   http://www.freedomtc.com/

iX Systems at:
   http://www.ixsystems.com/

Iron Systems at:
   http://www.ironsystems.com/

I haven't heard anything bad about any of them.

////jerry

> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> 
> Andrew.
> 
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