From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 16:19:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BE07106564A for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:19:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cscotts@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7C7E8FC0C for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:19:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so2667694bwz.13 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:19:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=XPT0VfGNFhEyDXKhLv1z9IH93bQYF9ERyy89xDk36Nc=; b=s+H0xxbbFQDLxtTF84VMq7LOzImkSdqpvazyJyCvvq9YN5tazuTAsoAKa4akQUAAlT yIYxZuLfvf0ZMT1WWthwXUi8YK2/akyWnomj/6NBbgBnPYpefswPZ5VXKXDP4LnDezLH Sl/rctebM12Tv/e+u763m3McnajxpIDg0jjlw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=qIUFn8jwmy5Kw8oWImxIGEaTOL9lTzAWM+UX/f1Dd3ePCtEDGYmxr/V3yzXdUgwjHA THFv9P5WAAFy8eHZUDbkWoGF+cc5AZZEiCtyN3EDir8QGAdx+vhvoNBOLv/7pU+l3BKp Wf0ct98bDVoaDtRzx+MBfJdG7d0e9o88BFUc8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.78.81 with SMTP id j17mr4021151bkk.44.1288367542297; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:52:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.57.195 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:52:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:52:22 -0400 Message-ID: From: Scott Sipe To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Server hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:19:48 -0000 Hello, I'm getting ready to buy a new server system (running FreeBSD of course) for a small business. I have always before bought off-the-shelf parts and built my own, but am thinking of getting a packaged system this time. I want something fairly horsey. Xeon(s), 8-16gb ram, several terabytes storage, etc. The system will run at least one VM (virtualbox) at all times, and I've been thinking about using an SSD for the system drive and database storage, and a RAID for the rest. My question -- are any server vendors well recommended for FreeBSD? I've looked at some seemingly decently priced Dells/HPs, but would appreciate any advice. Seems there are at times some hardware issues with some Dell controllers. Thanks, Scott