From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 21 22:48:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1608316A4CE for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:48:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from gwdu60.gwdg.de (gwdu60.gwdg.de [134.76.8.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2537C43D31 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:48:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kheuer2@gwdg.de) Received: from gwdu60.gwdg.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gwdu60.gwdg.de (8.12.9p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i2M6merB019666; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 07:48:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from kheuer2@gwdg.de) Received: from localhost (kheuer2@localhost)i2M6mTrf019663; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 07:48:40 +0100 (CET) X-Authentication-Warning: gwdu60.gwdg.de: kheuer2 owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 07:48:29 +0100 (CET) From: Konrad Heuer To: Dave In-Reply-To: <093501c40ef0$2de04970$6600a8c0@toronto.ems> Message-ID: <20040322074611.Y19648@gwdu60.gwdg.de> References: <093501c40ef0$2de04970$6600a8c0@toronto.ems> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 2650 config for FreeBSD 4.9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 06:48:43 -0000 On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Dave wrote: > We are in the position to have to replace an intel ISP1100 which has > been running as our primary server for some time. As a potential > replacement we are looking at a Dell 2650 dual processor raid5 server, > specs below. Up until now, the ISP1100 with a P3 800 and 1GB of PC100 > RAM has been handling the load like a fine workhorse, but anything > purhcased now is well beyond those specs. Does anyone have any first > hand experiences, caveats, warnings, or commendations for this server if > it is to use FreeBSD 4.9 as a dns/radius/website with extensive > PostgreSQL database usage. > > PowerEdge 2650 > Processor 2x Intel Xeon 2.4GHz > Memory 1.0GB DDR, 2X512 DIMMS > Hard Drive Backplane 5 Bay (1x5) Hot Plug SCSI Hard Drive Backplane > Hard Drive Configuration On-Board RAID 5 > 1st Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > 2nd Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > 3rd Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > 4th Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > 5th Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > Primary Controller PERC3-DI, 128MB Battery Backed Cache, 2 Internal Ch- > Embedded RAID > Floppy Drive 1.44MB Diskette Drive > First Network Adapter Intel Pro 100S NIC w/ or w/o IP SEC Encryption > Optical Device 24X IDE Internal CD ROM > Power Supplies Redundant Power Supply, without Y-cord > Rack Rails VersaRails for Non-Dell 4-Post Rack I've two similar 2650 systems (diffferences are: 5x73 GB RAID 5, Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet) running FreeBSD 4.9 without any problem. Regards Konrad Heuer (kheuer2@gwdg.de) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany