From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jul 26 10:26:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from TK147108.tuwien.teleweb.at (TK147108.tuwien.teleweb.at [195.34.147.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9A1737BF55 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:26:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from satyr@TK147108.tuwien.teleweb.at) Received: from satyr by TK147108.tuwien.teleweb.at with local (Exim 2.12 #1) id 13HVDC-0002rf-00 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:43:18 +0200 Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:43:18 +0200 From: "Marinos J . Yannikos" To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Reliable rackmount servers? Message-ID: <20000726194318.M26915@TK147108.telekabel.at> Reply-To: mjy@geizhals.at Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi! I'm looking at buying a rackmount server (preferably 2-3U) with the following specifications: - dual Pentium-III FC-PGA CPU capable - >=1GB ECC SDRAM - LVD-SCSI RAID-1 or Adaptec AAA-UDMA - 2 x 36GB+ disks I have looked at the offerings of the following companies: - Penguin Computing - VA Linux - Dell - IBM (Netfinity) Can anyone please comment on the quality of the products of those companies and how well they can be expected to work with FreeBSD? Recommendations for other companies are also very welcome... Thanks in advance! -mjy -- ***==> Marinos J. Yannikos ***==> http://pobox.com/~mjy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message