From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 13 18:45:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CE741065676 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:45:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f214.google.com (mail-gx0-f214.google.com [209.85.217.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06B128FC0A for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:45:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk6 with SMTP id 6so9576342gxk.13 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:45:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Av7ROxf/Wo5gRbwhU73NVRYx3LJKOsBOluPlFYyqCEQ=; b=wF9WLlobdiUKz7GovWNVu+travspqdvtJAIvXjOB8//bsR9EjZ12Imkqh8Wtp9uTTm ROUaPsLkkWguHC2G0iNSgELbogHGOC1qRVa1ONN/vzuU54hWQ4yUhEOTMTrznjY0IpXf TDIAaBePP4AbHAw41VhGWnHac35M/FhxMsUQw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ZEJ9sGfjRngMKvXin5q9KlL0hzavkU6pL8xbp+j9D6BGvPpnqOVf2UsHlYOgPt65mm 1VN8JRNjqOwQoUO1mG9RhG2p0iYFnatbz5CNibL1G1RlETaOpe3lsVtMrt2E0dVLWEmc zYrYKlX6qa2csPwnHHyDTMnx1hvIo5IHfFWPE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.201.2 with SMTP id d2mr6295016anq.197.1255459502207; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:45:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:45:02 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Marwan Sultan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: server specification. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:45:03 -0000 On 10/12/09, Marwan Sultan wrote: > > Hello gurus, > > > > Im going to a new server, and i donot want to have a problem.. > > May please anyone advice me of any feed back of FreeBSD 7.2 with the > following specification: > > any problems? > > > > > > 1x Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 > Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2x 4MB L2 > Cache LGA 775 > > 2GB DDR2 ECC > > 3WARE RAID SATA 2 ports > > 2x 250GB SATA in RAID 1 > > > > So any problems with quad kentsfield and FBSD 7.2 ? > > > > thank you in advance. > > > > Marwan Sultan Certain OEMs (ahem, Dell) I don't pick due to it's known legacy support or Technical Support unsupporting an OS that they don't get paid for. Even if it's a hardware problem, they ask "try to duplicate the problem in windows, then we'll be able to support you". I turn Dell down, when I deal with my customers. --Tim