From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 25 10:49:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA08076 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:49:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA08064 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:49:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.33] by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.59 #1) id 0vzKA9-0000ZO-00; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 02:31:09 -0800 Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 02:31:09 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius To: Snob Art Genre cc: "Vnotchenko S.S." , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [H] Optimal computer for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: 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, Snob Art Genre wrote: > 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. I've used many of the Adaptec controllers (1742, 2742, 2940, and 3940) under FreeBSD, and they are all much better than the Buslogic controller I tried. I've still got on of those ancient 1742 controllers in a production FreeBSD system! The NCR PCI (810) controllers are also very good, and very reliable, and very cheap. I use these two. > > 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). Never put a NE2000 into a server. A high-powered server without adequate network resources is a waste of CPU resources. A NE2000 in a PP200 system is a bit of joke. I bet a P5-166 with a good ethernet card would outperform it in many server applications. A DEC-based PCI ethernet card can DMA data right into system memory, while a NE2000 requires expensive PIO for every byte! > > --- > > > > Thanks in advance, Sergey (sergey@extech.msk.su). > > > > > > > > > > > > Ben > > "You have your mind on computers, it seems." > > > Tom