From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 17 22:36:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF9E16A4DA for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:36:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ormandj@corenode.com) Received: from zone2.corenode.com (zone2.corenode.com [66.91.129.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B2F343D45 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:36:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ormandj@corenode.com) Received: from corenode.com ([127.0.0.1]) by zone2.corenode.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0J2K00G4LK805700@zone2.corenode.com> for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:38:24 -1000 (HST) Received: from [132.160.192.10] by zone2.corenode.com (mshttpd); Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:38:24 -1000 Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:38:24 -1000 From: "David J. Orman" In-reply-to: To: Matt Ruzicka Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal References: Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server Hardware Recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:36:35 -0000 I like the Sun server lineup. I mostly run Solaris on them, but FreeBSD on a few (and works fine.) FreeBSD wouldn't be a supported OS, but you'd still have HW support. David ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Ruzicka Date: Monday, July 17, 2006 9:52 am Subject: Server Hardware Recommendations > I know this is a topic that could easily spawn a holy war, but > hopefully we > can all keep the constructive to a maximum. ;) > > My company has been purchasing almost exclusively Supermicro > SuperServers > for our production FreeBSD server hardware for that last four years > or so. > Over all I'd say we've been quite happy with Supermicro from a > product > stand point, but recently we've been dealing with some odd hardware > issues. I still have faith in their hardware, but some concerns > with > their support structure is causing us to reconsider our future > hardware > purchasing plans. > > I was wondering what others are using for production FreeBSD server > hardware. I'm most interested to see what manufacturers seem to be > rock > solid from a hardware and FreeBSD interaction perspective and also > have > solid support for those issues that come up from time to time. > > Thanks for your time and I look forward to people's feedback. > > Matt Ruzicka - Senior Systems Administrator > Front Range Internet, Inc. > matt@frii.net - (970) 212-0728 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >