From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Dec 13 10: 8: 3 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 10:08:01 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEC7637B400 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:08:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eBDI7xD26513; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:07:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:07:59 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Kenn Martin Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hardware Dell or BSDi Message-ID: <20001213100759.E16205@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <200012130749.IAA08219@mail.hmth.nl> <14903.43293.114817.244539@onceler.kciLink.com> <20001213130552.B4622@infoteam.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001213130552.B4622@infoteam.com>; from kmartin@infoteam.com on Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 01:05:52PM -0500 Sender: bright@fw.wintelcom.net Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Kenn Martin [001213 10:06] wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 11:51:41AM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: > > >>>>> "JH" == Jeroen Heijungs writes: > > > > JH> Can anyone tell me more about both these servers, how good is the BSDi > > JH> machine (and the organization), does FreeBSD install on the Dell and so on? > > > > In general, FreeBSD installs fine on Dell servers. I have not > > personally tried on one of their 1U boxes, however. > > We have 4.2-STABLE running fine on a number of the Dell 1U boxes. > Installations went very smoothly. We bought a 2u raid box from BSDi. It works great and the best part was not having to worry for a second that there would be some issue with FreeBSD running on it. Second best part is the price is pretty reasonable. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message