Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:20:25 +0200 From: Etienne Ledoux <etienne@unix.za.org> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: 2x HP Netserver (LH 3r) connected to a Netserver Rackstorage 12 Message-ID: <200306181139.47521.etienne@unix.za.org>
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I will have the privilage of installing something on the above mentioned=20 hardware. I've never installed/configured hardware like this. Basically i= t is=20 2 servers connected to a exteral raid device with scsi cables. These serv= ers=20 can access the device at the same time. Which makes it nice for redundenc= y=20 and load balancing. We are going to use it as a big NFS mailstore which other mail servers wi= ll=20 access to deliver mail (smtp/pop3, etc.). The mailservers will all be running FreeBSD (postfix, amavisd-new,=20 courier-imap/pop3, sqwebmail,freevrrpd, etc. etc). *feerr!* I will put these servers behind a FreeBSD firewall using ipnat for round-= robin=20 load balancing. So it should eventually be a nice big redundent, load balanced mailserver= =20 behind a firewall and everybox will be running FreeBSD. My question is with regards to the servers I want to use as the NFS=20 mailstore(2x HP Netserver (LH 3r) connected to a Netserver Rackstorage 12= ).=20 Can I run FreeBSD on it too ? I guess the answer is yes? but Is FreeBSD t= he=20 best option for this type of hardware and will it be difficult to configu= re.=20 Or is Linux a better alternative ? I honestly have no idea what the best=20 option is and don't want to reliase a month or two later when everything = is=20 live that I made a mistake and shouldve done something else or installed=20 something else. tx e.
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