Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:02:26 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Just lost one to Linux. Compaq server support. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0112210957330.54407-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <20011219174812.W5523-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Recently we installed a mail server with some low end hardware > (IDE disks, 128MB Ram) and installed FreeBSD. I used a 3Ware card > with Raid 10 for redundancy. Even though the machine doesn't seem > to be having problems yet (just started to move users from another > mail server) because a HD failed and the machine freezed > networking wants to move to more "stable" hardware. We have Compaq > machines here. So they have a Compaq DL380 with Compaq Raid. > FreeBSD doesn't run on this so they are rushing (it seems they > find it more appealing to "play" with Linux) to install Linux (I > think RedHat) on it. FreeBSD should run on a DL380 just fine. The RAID controller is the only thing you might have trouble with, but as of a few days ago, STABLE now supports the Compaq SmartArray 5* series (ciss driver). If that was your problem with running FreeBSD on it, try a recent STABLE snapshot. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, and ARM architectures under development - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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