Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 00:32:56 +0200 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Louis Kowolowski <louisk@cryptomonkeys.org> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: experiences with Supermicro Twin servers? (6016TT / 6026TT / 6015TW) Message-ID: <49FA2718.8050803@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <31531C02-AC38-4535-8FFC-8518CDF2E9B4@cryptomonkeys.org> References: <49F9A324.8090007@quip.cz> <31531C02-AC38-4535-8FFC-8518CDF2E9B4@cryptomonkeys.org>
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Louis Kowolowski wrote: > On Apr 30, 2009, at 6:09 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > >> Hi all, >> are there somebody with some experiences (bad or good) with >> Supermicro Twin servers? Mainly with 2U model 6026TT-TF or 1U model >> 6016TT-TF build on top of Intel 5520 Tylersburg (or any other?) >> >> We would like to buy some Twin servers, but I do not have chance to >> test it before. >> Are there any know problems with Twin servers generally, or are there >> any issus with FreeBSD 7.x with used CPU / chipsets / NICs? >> > I own 2 personally, and my employer has 2 also. I'm pleased with > them. Thus far, they've run a year w/o any issues. They were > purchased from iX Systems(.com). Can you please post the model number of your servers? > Things you should be aware of, at least for the 1U units (I don't have > the 2U). FreeBSD 7.0R didn't support booting off USB media. The IP > KVM, while it works wonderfully, provides virtual media that show up as > USB. 7.0 booted well from USB media on my Sun Fire X2100 M2 servers, but I know there were (are) problems with booting FreeBSD on some motherboards. I have problems with 7.0 on HP ML110 G5. 7.1 is booting OK on this HP ML110 G5. Did you try booting some newer versions on your servers? > They only have 1 PCI-e slot, I filled mine with the IP KVM dedicated > interface. Do you have any other issues with IPMI + KVM as posted by Andrew Snow? > Don't use the onboard "RAID" it's somewhere between unreliable and > non-functional. It shows up as either Intel matrix, or Adaptec host RAID. > > I've been using them with ZFS and gmirror. Fast, solid, happy. Same here, I have gmirror on all those entry level servers and I am testing ZFS on one of them. Thank you for your advice. Miroslav Lachman
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