From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 9 21:48:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96BCC106568A for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 21:48:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 689898FC15 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 21:48:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so194998rvf.43 for ; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:48:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=vdhiMfaVat00+0HeVl6MJX3fOyxMORM1095aS3tg5Zg=; b=GqY8T0PXZqAfC3m0hgkASennqoI5UMAIoBpiadpSojcbs8Cks6k6W9PaaeargysBaC oV0XIVQCVKFZ5nUJtwUtGECEIcj91Ly6EbqdpLHPbYYOLZGSGMcqMYDQQPPY17z0E5Ts MmhY77MgDAITB5I43aiLoo1hzM1UMqIb232OQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=JdsKQyzbTlCLnrWwzHICk7FDpod36QqCgF/dVGGjF8xB/yJ0pZyjsqxGW30CKetIYX 1KJ9IQ1Y/MYliNWKPMPPDA0wX0EbJ7/TUhS27pU54PfZSb4xlEGTqJDU/Ik7Ns0BDuaM lWJGUxckkU1Ux0Ga0k9aVrvDVJ6n0nEJb7BYU= Received: by 10.114.26.18 with SMTP id 18mr905374waz.162.1223587373989; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:22:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.15.4 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:22:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:52:53 +0530 From: Subhro To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com In-Reply-To: <20081009202521.GA57222@mooseriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20081009202521.GA57222@mooseriver.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:05:27 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for HP DL180/G5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:48:54 -0000 HP produces pretty good boxes and historically I have been able to get them working without any troubles. However I would say DL180 is a pretty non customizable box. The hardware works perfectly with FreeBSD 7.0. I didnt try it with 6.3, so cant comment on that. However I would say DL380 is a better off. The main advantage of DL3xx boxes are there is a lot of room to play with add-on cards. Also not all the latest and greatest processors are available with DL1xx family of servers. Also make sure that you go for an external RAID controller like 3ware or Areca. I prefer Areca more :-D. The HP RAID controller cant take the beating I give to it. Thanks Subhro On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Josef Grosch wrote: > > Does anyone have experience running FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x on an HP DL180/G5? > The company I work for is looking to get a number of these to be put in > production. Your general impressions would be a good start. > > > > Josef > > -- > Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 6.3 > jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. >