Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:28:28 -0700 From: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Tyan alternatives cuz their support totally sucks Message-ID: <20051201172828.5b25fdd4.kgunders@teamcool.net>
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Greetings List: I've been really quite happy w/the Tyan barebones systems I've deployed the past few months. Until I needed support on a DOA TA26 barebones unit. I'll spare you the gory details but the nightmare is ongoing. So regardless of how much I like the product it pretty much isn't worth jack in my book if support is piss poor when things go amiss. Which brings me to the task at hand. I need to deploy a front end webserver. Had a Tyan unit on order but, as my dear old granddaddy used to say; "Screw me once shame on you, screw me twice shame on me". So I'm looking for recommendations on Super Micro (reported to have good support- if you have experiences with them good/ bad then please share cuz I don't want to go down that rabbit hole again...) barebones units known to work well under FBSD-6.0? Requirements: 1) Single Opteron should suffice 2) DDR400 ECC supported 3) SATA disk subsystem will suffice 2 drive gmirror conf. 4 drive would be bonus. SATA-II (or 3.0 I guess they're calling it now) preferred. All this b.s. w/Tyan has chewed up far too much of my time so I need something that will "just work" and not require any hardware compatibility histrionics. TIA-- -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?
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