From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 11 15:23: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from nerd.geekythings.com (nerd.geekythings.com [204.138.241.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EE9737B401 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:23:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@geekythings.com) Received: from localhost (marc@localhost) by nerd.geekythings.com (8.11.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id f6BMMk181617; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:22:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:22:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Marc X-Sender: marc@localhost To: "R.P. Aditya" Cc: crandall@matchlogic.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable In-Reply-To: <20010711151745.B12458@mighty.grot.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a couple of Sun X1s...and they are indeed nice little units, especially given the price. The Appro 1124 is a nice box...although it's more expensive than the Sun box. It's a nice 1U chasssis with four (4!) hot-swap drive bays and the Tyan Athlon MP motherboard. http://www.appro.com/1124/index.html -marc On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, R.P. Aditya wrote: > > Take a look at the new 1400 series from iXsystems (www.ixsystems.net -- > > formerly BSDi, formerly Telenet) and the Dell 1550. I've tested both systems > > and was impressed by both. If you're buying more than a few machines, Dell > > has some very aggressive pricing. > > What I'd like to see is a box like the Sun Netra x1 > > http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/netrax/ > > that I can run FreeBSD on -- > > - single PII 233 > - 1U (compact) 19" rack-mountable > - no video, just RJ-45 RS232 port > - 2 onboard 10/100 ethernets > - 1 IDE drive is fine > - 256MB of RAM > > for $995. > > I've even (*gasp*) considered buying the Netra x1 because I can't find a > compact 1U FreeBSD for $995 with the remote, lights-out management type > features this thing has. > > Adi > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message