From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 2 00:28:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7622716A41F for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 00:28:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 210E743D45 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 00:28:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id A94CDF7C5 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:28:29 -0700 (MST) Received: from cochise.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.57]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 71A11F7BB for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:28:29 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:28:28 -0700 From: Ken Gunderson To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20051201172828.5b25fdd4.kgunders@teamcool.net> Organization: Teamcool Networks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.12 (GTK+ 2.6.7; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Tyan alternatives cuz their support totally sucks X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:28:34 -0000 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?