From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu May 21 23:26:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA18329 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 23:26:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA17941 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 23:25:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #3) id 0ycklW-0004kA-00; Thu, 21 May 1998 22:53:14 -0700 Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 22:53:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom To: Josef Grosch cc: Ben Goodwin , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seeking hardware recommendations In-Reply-To: <19980521214608.A29917@mooseriver.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 21 May 1998, Josef Grosch wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 10:46:36PM -0400, Ben Goodwin wrote: > > I have been tasked with putting together a FreeBSD box that'll be used as > > something to attach remote Xservers to (and thus will run plenty of logins, > > shells, and various programs). I'd like to put together a robust and quick > > system. What I'm looking for are recommendations on: > > > > PCI SCSI card Doesn't need to be blazingly fast; scsi-3 is fine > > Adaptec 2940UW Maybe when CAM comes to 2.2.x. For now, you'd probably be better off with a NCR 875. > > PCI ethernet card Some 100-meg card that works well and efficiently > > Bay Networks Netgear FA310tx Ugh. Yet another DEC chipset. The Intel Etherexpress Pro100B is a bit faster, and uses less CPU (about 15% I believe). > -- > Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.7 2.2.7? What planet are you from? > jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message