From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 23 5:50:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from orion.psknet.com (mail.psknet.com [63.171.251.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1FE7837B69B for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 05:50:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 64000 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2001 13:50:03 -0000 Received: from abyss.dashit.net (HELO ABYSS) (209.100.22.250) by mail.psknet.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 2001 13:50:03 -0000 From: "Troy Settle" To: "Kent Boortz" , Subject: RE: Building a server from parts, advice needed? Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:50:03 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-AntiVirus: scanned for viruses by Pulaski Networks (http://www.psknet.com) using AMaViS (http://www.amavis.org) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Kent, If you're going to spend the money on a 1U case, I'd reccomend starting with a nice Intel or other high-end motherboard with onboard controllers (keeping your 1 PCI slot open for future expansion). IIRC, there's one out there with onboard video, 2 ethernet ports (fxp), and SCSI. This would make for a nice base for either of your applications. Additionally, I'd reccomend IBM SCSI drives and Intel Etherexpress Pro/100 NICs. Beyond that, it's all the same. -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks 540.994.4254 They told me to think out of the box, but I tripped over it, now I own my own company. ** -----Original Message----- ** From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kent Boortz ** Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 2:06 PM ** To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ** Subject: Building a server from parts, advice needed? ** ** ** ** If I'm to build a server to run FreeBSD, do you have any advice what ** hardware to buy to get the most reliable server? What I mean is ** ** Trusted hardware ** Well supported drivers ** ** One server is to be used as a firewall, one as a low traffic web ** server. So what parts would you buy if the only thing to think about ** is cost and stability, not so much about performance and features? ** Trusted parts with rock solid FreeBSD driver support? I just want to ** put the parts together, configure a kernel and that it will run for ** years. No SCSI required. ** ** I'm thinking about putting the parts into a 1U 19" rack case, do you ** know a good microATX motherboard well supported by FreeBSD? The ** stability is more important than the size of the case so if you think ** microATX motherboards have lower quality then I will use an ordinary ** ATX case. ** ** kent ** ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ** with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message