From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 8 18:38:41 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3936916A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:38:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8206D43D1F for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:38:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dot.sn1tch@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id j1so1422706rnf for ; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 10:38:40 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=iWCihDLF8QEwlWLx/t5xzFT9S5NGFOxuLB9eyjzijagoEn0EwEP2EJzZgZp6DaMCmIYMw6CSLFt/qNQfexiogJ8mCbDpaWOTXuwmeuZntZ4AkG417Me0lwqi2PeljFLf6uK35b/Tu4Tr3xWNrWSedxC1UMr588ykq6EbrkGsiNE= Received: by 10.38.70.1 with SMTP id s1mr48145rna; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 10:38:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.31.67 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:38:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 13:38:34 -0500 From: sn1tch To: Nick Pavlica In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Hardware Recomendations - NIC/HD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: sn1tch List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:38:41 -0000 I like Intel's network adapters alot, I've never had a single issue out of the gigabit adapter I use (Intel Pro/1000 MT PWLA8490MT) As far as SATA drives if its size you are going for then WD has a fairly decent SATA drive for a good price, but in my book the best SATA drive is the Raptor by WD..even if its only 74Gb it still has to be the fastest SATA drive out.. imo :) On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:29:11 -0700, Nick Pavlica wrote: > All, > I'm looking at adding some hardware to my FreeBSD 5.3+ Backup > servers and would like your recommendations for the following items: > > - Gigabit Ethernet cards: I'm going to use them as dedicated cards in > the primary and backup servers so that I can quickly rsync between > them. I would like to find a card that is currently MP safe and a > good performer. > > - SATA HD: I'm currently planning on adding two 200GB drives to both > servers. Are there any that stand out as good performers? > > Thanks! > --Nick > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- You've officially been Gmailed