From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 21 18:58:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from workhorse.imach.com (barbwire.iMach.com [206.127.77.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3406F37B40B for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:58:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (forrestc@localhost) by workhorse.imach.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5M1wQK55720; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 19:58:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from forrestc@imach.com) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 19:58:26 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" To: Chris Scarpinzicci Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware suggestions In-Reply-To: <200206220105.g5M15SB35993@unix-fu.org> Message-ID: <20020621195447.R55689-100000@workhorse.imach.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Chris Scarpinzicci wrote: > I'm looking into building a server for purposes basically of > webservering and mysql, and I'm looking for suggestions as far as what > type of hardware works best with FreeBSD for these purposes, where I'll > get the best performance out of it. Yes, I know there is the HCL, but > I'm looking for opinions, not what's listed to just work. :) Right now > I was looking for a 2U chassis with redundant power, but I haven't seen > any that have 450W redundant power yet, and as far as I know, I'll need > a minimum of 400W with dual Athlon MPs. Any opinions and URLs to > suggested vendors are welcome. How much webserving are you doing? Are you sure you need dual Athlons? I.E... www.mt.net{forrestc}21: uptime 7:54PM up 28 days, 3:56, 2 users, load averages: 0.05, 0.04, 0.00 This is a customer web server for roughly 4000 customers (not all have web pages) plus a couple hundred virtual domains, including mysql and postgres support. This box is a single processor Pentium II 300mhzish. That said, about the only specific recommendation I can give you is use an Intel Etherexpress Pro (type) network card. - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Innovation Machine Ltd. P.O. Box 5749 http://www.imach.com/ Helena, MT 59604 Home of PacketFlux Technologies and BackupDNS.com (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect your personal freedoms - visit http://www.lp.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message