From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 8 19:53:07 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 C756B106566B for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:53:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74C3B8FC17 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:53:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n58JoXFD060298; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:50:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n58JoXem060297; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:50:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:50:33 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: ericr Message-ID: <20090608195033.GA60266@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <7fc6c27a0906081056u161731c6m298efcf2aa471d38@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7fc6c27a0906081056u161731c6m298efcf2aa471d38@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What server hardware are you buying from the big companies these days? 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: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:53:08 -0000 On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 11:56:35AM -0600, ericr wrote: > Hi, > > I need to buy some new servers, and mgmt has decreed that we get them from > someplace which will provide service contracts with on-site h/w suppport, > which means HP, Dell, Sun, IBM, etc. Our group has a lot of Dells from Poweredge 650-s to 2950-s and some other groups in our department also run 46xx and some other things. They have been successful and reliable. We have also run a few HP servers with FreeBSD with no major problems, though one came with a DOA motherboard. But they came out and replaced it right away. ////jerry > > Has anyone bought servers from one of the big manufacturers lately and had > good luck with them? It seems hard to get them to tell you what controllers > and chipsets they're using in servers, to compare against the supported > hardware list. > > What I'm looking for isn't all that exotic: > > rack mountable > RAID-5 controller > 4-6 or more disks (hot swappable would be nice, but not mandatory) > dual power supplies (hot swappable would be nice, but not mandatory) > CDROM > 2 ethernet ports > some RAM > a video card > an Intel or AMD CPU - single, two CPU, or multicore doesn't really matter. > > and the all-important onsite service. > > These things need to be pretty reliable, both of the data centers they're > going into are a couple of hours from my house, so I don't want a dead > power supply to take out the server. We've used SuperMicro's in the past, > and they've been wildly variable. Some of them have run ok for years, some > died within weeks, and kept dying no matter what parts we put in. (yes, I > checked the power, it was clean. My guess is just a bad run of > motherboards). I've got 3 servers that have never been able to stay up for > more than a couple of days, we don't even use them. > > Regardless, any one have suggestions on what current models of servers are > out there that run? > > Thanks! > > - ericr > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"