From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 27 06:16:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70CBF106566C for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:16:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from korvus@comcast.net) Received: from qmta01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED998FC17 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:16:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.28]) by qmta01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id auFw1e0030cZkys51uGUHB; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:16:28 +0000 Received: from [10.0.0.51] ([71.199.122.142]) by omta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id auGT1e00834Sj4f3WuGTff; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:16:28 +0000 Message-ID: <4C26ECBA.10304@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:16:26 -0400 From: Steve Polyack User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Judd References: <4C262B13.4090707@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Olivier GARNIER , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell workstation / server Freebsd's compatibility 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: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:16:28 -0000 On 6/26/2010 6:07 PM, Tim Judd wrote: > On 6/26/10, Olivier GARNIER wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> I've got an old workstation wich i use to have FreeBSD server on it >> (http/samba/ 4 disk on RAID) >> It's summer time and the old workstation will not work at the end the >> summer time (too warm for it) >> >> So ii wish to change it. >> I don't need a big server, a tiny workstation will be enough. >> I wish a inter CPU and dell construction (i'm use to use there work) >> So herre is the question : >> >> If you have dell computer (wich is still sold by dell) and if you're >> working with FreeBSD on it with no more problem, can you tell me witch >> computer you have ? >> (it would be great to have the same list as laptop >> (*laptop*.bsdgroup.de) For workstation and server ...) >> > > > You have more people with success on generic hardware you buy at > newegg.com for example than you will with Dell or any other OEM. > > Moreover, you won't get support from Dell or an OEM for support > issues, including hardware replacements because they didn't sell the > machine with BSD. > This isn't true. Dell won't give you any operating system support, but they will honor your hardware warranties just fine. We've had various failures that were replaced with very little hassle from Dell. The most trouble they will give you is if it's an obscure issue, in which case they'll ask you to boot Linux and run their DSET tool. > > If you want a company that supports BSD, use iXsystems. > > If you want general compatibility that generally works better than any > OEM, use general parts from newegg, etc. iXsystems is the exception > because they test and support BSD on the parts they sell. > iXsystems products look very solid. We've had a good bit of luck with the various Dells we've had. Mostly 8th and 9th gen PowerEdge servers, and then the new R710s. They're all very solid systems and we've had very few driver issues. They FreeBSD team has done a great job at patching the issues we have had. We also have a handful of their Optiplex desktop workstations that run BSD quite well.