From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 14 0:28:44 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 00:28:41 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freenix.no (atreides.freenix.no [213.188.21.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765A137B400 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 00:28:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from morten@localhost) by freenix.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA01198; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:28:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from morten) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:28:28 +0100 From: "Morten A . Middelthon" To: Jeroen Heijungs Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware Dell or BSDi Message-ID: <20001214092827.A466@freenix.no> References: <200012130749.IAA08219@mail.hmth.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012130749.IAA08219@mail.hmth.nl>; from Jeroen.Heijungs@Het-Muziektheater.nl on Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 08:46:54AM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-Warning: So cunning you could brush your teeth with it. Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 08:46:54AM +0100, Jeroen Heijungs wrote: > Hello all, > > We are going to buy our first 1U 19" rack server (pizzacarton size), and > probably there will be more in the future, they have to run FreeBSD > 4.1-stable. > > Normally we buy all our hardware at Dell, they also have this kind of > servers, for instance the PowerApp Web 100, we have also seen this kind of > servers form BSDi.com, they have FreeBSD preinstalled, and say they are > completely optimized. But they are considerably more expensive. > > Can anyone tell me more about both these servers, how good is the BSDi > machine (and the organization), does FreeBSD install on the Dell and so on? I've bought two 1U boxes from BSDi and am so far very pleased with them. They are very noisy, but who cares about? :) At least they've got a couple of additional cooling-fans, which is quite nice. The only thing I'd like to comment about them is that BSDi SO INCREDIBLY FSCKING slow to deliver the boxes to us... we're still waiting for three more servers I ordered ages ago. I live in Norway, so the orders are handled by the Swedish office, so if you live in the States you may not have the same problems. Since they can deliver 1U boxes with everything from Celeron CPUs and IDE disks to dual PIII with SCSI disks they can be used for alot different tasks. -- Morten A. Middelthon Freenix Norge http://www.freenix.no/ -- "For every complex question, there is a simple answer-- and it's wrong." -- H.L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message