Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:32:45 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for powerful machines that run FreeBSD on it Message-ID: <20070814193245.GC2867@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <20070814191641.2F8EA16A46E@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070814191641.2F8EA16A46E@hub.freebsd.org>
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Ashes to ashes, and DOS to DOS freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org was heard to say on or about Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 19:16 : > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:41:31 -0700 > From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> > Subject: Re: Looking for powerful machines that runs FreeBSD on it > > Caio Figueiredo Abecia wrote: > > I'm looking for a new pc. had a problem installing BSD > > I(Free/Open/Net!) with the Dell Dimension C521n. (Free/Open > > IBSD website tells me that it support the E521 that have the > > Isame configuration) t don't recognize my dell usb keyboard > > Iand my SATA DVD Rom drive was not detected at all. > > I call Dell support and I was complaining that when I saw that > > model on their website and I called to the vendors they said > > that this model would come without SO (Windows). That I'll be > > free to make my own choice on using any *unix SO. > > Well.. now Dell will get my machine back and pay me back the > > amount that I payed. > > Now I want to buy a powerful machine to run Development things > > such Java or Ruby on Rails on JBoss, running in some good db > > like Postgresql or MySql. I don't want to get a new surprise > > to run only Windows on my machine! (I already have 2gb ddr2 > > ram, I want a powerful modern pc to run Free or Open as my > > Desktop System) > > Could you guys please help me ? > > Thanks a lot all help is greatly appreciated > Why not built one from the parts. That way you would save bundle > of money and have the computer which will run FreeBSD without a > hitch. That is what I did. That's what we [a small niche market ISP] do. We currently use Intel motheboards and go from there. We did start with a couple in Intel 1100s - and they are 5 years old and still running - and being phased out to lighter duty - such as running backups to them. We only have about 8-10 servers, and a client has 3 or 4 in our rack at Level 3. We have NO regular users. Do email for business and host many of their websites - so that cuts down on a lot of frivolous calls. But the servers do get busy at times. One of our domains - springbreak.com comes up #1 in most search engines. Buy building your own you have a lot of control and can be pretty sure things will work - and you'll learn enough so you don't have to rely on 3rd party support - who don't really know what you are doing with your machine. As to power - my observation is that you can do more with FreeBSD on machines less powerful than other OSes require. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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