From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 14 17:00:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 E5F7D16A4C8 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:00:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898BF43D49 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:00:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C757D388E00 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:00:10 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:56:24 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9DD99E0DBF344563E814C50B@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <4509873D.70302@gregs-garage.com> References: <45096C88.4030203@esiee.fr> <20060914153224.GK49058@ns2.wananchi.com> <4509873D.70302@gregs-garage.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.5 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========2A1EA59F48375699F49B==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Upgrading our mail server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:00:14 -0000 --==========2A1EA59F48375699F49B========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:45:49 -0500 Greg Groth=20 wrote: > > Are any of the major server brands more FreeBSD friendly than others? I'm > looking to purchase a server for some web apps. Our current config is > running on a 6 year old Dell PowerEdge machine with SCSI RAID 5, 1 Ghz > processor, 32 gig total disk capacity, and a gig of RAM. Upgrading this > machine would cost more than it's worth. Boss insists on a name brand > server (Dell, HP, Gateway, etc). Budget is in the $2K range. I'd rather > stay away from SATA at this point due to the incredible amount of > difficulty I experienced putting together a MythTV box earlier this year, > and go with SCSI. If no one has specific recommendations, are there any > specifics that are definite show stoppers that I should pay attention to > when reviewing specs? > I just bought a Dell 1950 rack mount with two 73GB SAS drives (3.5 inch,=20 15K RPM), PERC 5/i integrated card, RAID 1, DRAC, 3.2GB processor, 2GB RAM, = etc. It was $2800+ including shipping. I *think* you can get down to the=20 $2000 range by downgrading the processor and memory and getting smaller=20 drives, but it's not going to be easy. (I'll be installing FreeBSD 6.1=20 RELEASE on it tonight.) Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========2A1EA59F48375699F49B==========--