From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 8 18:23:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88EB416A40B for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 18:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [204.107.90.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B6C713C469 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 18:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (c-69-249-95-230.hsd1.nj.comcast.net [69.249.95.230]) (authenticated bits=0) by vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l38INqsX070802; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:23:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (localhost.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [127.0.0.1]) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l38INlL6030046; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:23:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: (from tbohml@localhost) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.8/8.13.6/Submit) id l38INlcJ030045; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:23:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tbohml) From: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" Message-Id: <200704081823.l38INlcJ030045@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> To: v.velox@vvelox.net (Vulpes Velox) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:23:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20070407214253.0308e955@vixen42> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Peter Jeremy , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: All I want is a decent server! X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:23:54 -0000 Hi All, Just wanted to thank everyone for the emails... I've decided to combine them all into one : About building it myself - Like has been said, looking for hardware support in a single place. IXSystems/FreeBSDSystems - Have been contacted , all I'll say. Dell - I love them, I buy nothing else for Laptop and Desktop, but I've heard too many horror stories server wise with FreeBSD. HardData/Silicon Mechanics - Thanks, will attempt to contact Needing 5.X load - Yea, its unfortunate but due to many internal reasons I need to. Being a server down / One to blame - EXCUSE ME?? I'm a server down because its *IS* running on the backup machine. As for being the one to blame, seeing that its a setup for my friends/family and I don't overspend besides the fact that it has 3 communications lines, 2 routers, 2 load balancers, 2 web servers in a cabinet in a colo center with 2 30A lines which go to different UPSs... Yea, its my fault I don't have any redundancy. Safari Micro - Contacted, waiting for reply. Thanks, Tuc