From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 17 7: 2:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from lab.simerson.net (lab.simerson.net [64.224.9.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 673BD37B415 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 07:02:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 92037 invoked from network); 17 May 2002 14:02:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO matt-g4.interland.net) (63.96.154.169) by lab.simerson.net with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 17 May 2002 14:02:15 -0000 Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 10:02:01 -0400 Subject: Re: Hardware for FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org To: Bogdan TARU From: Matt Simerson In-Reply-To: <20020517100144.A33112-100000@fw.cgn.icom> Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) 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 iXsystems. http://www.ixsystems.net. They have Adaptec RAID controllers. I did some testing on them and they solidly trounce every other RAID card I've used thus far (Mylex, Compaq, HP NetRAID). I love their servers, I've got about 20 of them in production now on systems I manage. They're rock solid with FreeBSD. My company has about 200 of them and I spec them for production use every time I get the chance. Matt On Friday, May 17, 2002, at 04:05 AM, Bogdan TARU wrote: > > 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 > `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Matt Simerson msimerson@interland.com Unix Systems Engineer Interland, Inc. "For the first time in history of a civilized nation we have full gun control and registration, our streets will be safer, the police will do a better job of protecting its citizens, and the world will follow our lead into the future". - Adolph Hitler - 1935 `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message