From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 17 1: 9:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from icomag.de (ns.icomag.de [195.227.115.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FF3137B40F for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 01:09:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (bgd@localhost) by icomag.de (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g4H85uu33269 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 10:05:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from bgd@icomag.de) Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 10:05:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Bogdan TARU X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Hardware for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020517100144.A33112-100000@fw.cgn.icom> 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 Hi hackers, I am in a big dillema (and great hurry/pressure). I need to buy some hardware for some firewalls for my company. And so the blues started. First, I went to Dell. Almost signed the papers for two PowerEdges 2550, (everything in them seemed to be compatible with FreeBSD) when I found out they are longer then the rack!!! And not only the 2550, but most of their cases. So I went to IBM. A little more expensive, but what the hack? It's IBM. So, almost made a system, and when coming to checking the compatibility list, IBM ServeRaid is not supported under FreeBSD. WTF??? So my question is: if you'd have to buy good/reliable hardware now, which is the vendor you'd choose (considering the facts above)? I looked on the FreeBSD's site for some hardware vendors in Germany (where I live), but none found. And I'd go for a brand name, anyways. Thank you, bogdan ---------------------------- iCom Media AG Kirchweg 36 Koln, 50858 Germany Phone: +49-(0)221-485-689-16 Fax : +49-(0)221-485-689-20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message