Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:06:26 -0400 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness? Message-ID: <97EBC854-07A3-40E2-A397-FB71A7FCA64E@longcount.org> In-Reply-To: <20121102201554.6048f2e0@linux-wb36.example.org> References: <201211020214.UAA29489@lariat.net> <20121102091021.23cf9af0@suse3> <D30C5C70-971B-4979-94FC-5F113FADA3DE@longcount.org> <20121102201554.6048f2e0@linux-wb36.example.org>
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On Nov 2, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> wrote: > Am Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:34:20 -0400 > schrieb Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org>: >=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On Nov 2, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> >> wrote: >>=20 >>> Am Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:14:51 -0600 (MDT) >>> schrieb Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>: >>>=20 >>>> I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how >>>> FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and >>>> robust than 9.0-RELEASE? Are there issues that will have to wait >>>> until 9.2-RELEASE to be fixed? Opinions welcome. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> If I'm not mistaken, the bge-stuff that makes the default NICs ins >>> HP G8 servers (360+380) actually run will not make it back into 9.1. >>> Intel cards work much better anyway... >>>=20 >> Did you swap out the bge nic daughter card in the g8 servers for an >> intel one or , do you mean in general the intel nic support is >> better ?=20 >=20 > Both, actually. > At least, Intel has drivers for FreeBSD on their website and IIRC, it's > a Tier 1 OS for them. > I don't want to dis the efforts of the people working on the bXe stuff, > but from what I have read, they have much less support from the vendor. > We have used HP servers even back when they were still Compaq-servers > (and came with Intel NICs...) and this is really the first time we had > to install Intel NICs with them (with FreeBSD - there was an earlier > issue with Solaris, but that does not count...). >=20 > Are there Intel daughter cards for this server? > I thought, all the daugher-cards came with some sort of Broadcom > chipset. Hp did a presentation at work 2 weeks ago about the g8 . Hp said you can swa= p out a daughter card in the 360/380/580 for nic options like broadcom 4 por= t gigabit nic , melenox infinbabd, intel pro1000 4 port nic , qlogic 8Gb fc-= al and others . They said its an FRU but I have not seen the parts yet .=20= --- Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org
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