From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 08:57:30 2008 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 7F20010656B5 for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 08:57:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dead_line@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s18.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s18.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 687B78FC15 for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 08:57:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dead_line@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY104-W26 ([65.54.175.126]) by bay0-omc1-s18.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sat, 10 May 2008 01:45:30 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [62.150.49.254] From: Long Story To: Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:45:30 +0000 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 May 2008 08:45:30.0677 (UTC) FILETIME=[33E9BE50:01C8B27A] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: advice needed regarding OS & Hardware. 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: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:57:30 -0000 Hello Gurus, =20 Since few years back and im on FBSD 4.8-R for commercial use. Its time to move on. =20 I have two Questions, and kindly looking for answers, specialy that hos= ting company contract is (NO support for FreeBSd), So i have to becareful again, jus= t like what I did to the 4.8-R =20 For a commercial use server 1) Which version do you recommend, shall I go for 7.0-R ? or 6.3-R. =20 2) Hosting company hardware is * Single Intel E6300 CORE 2 DUO 1.86Ghz /1066MHz FSB /2MB L2 Cache * = 2GB DDR2 RAM * 2x 250GB/7200 RPM Serial ATA Drives - Hot Swap; RAID1 = * 3Ware 8006-2LP SATA RAID Controller * 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports=20 =20 Any of the above parts incompatabile with FreeBSD, or it has any bug ? do you recommend something else? =20 They didnot mention the brand of ethernet ports, from my experince I wi= ll go for Linksys, any better recomendations ? =20 =20 THANKS ALOT. Marwan Sultan. _________________________________________________________________ Get Free (PRODUCT) RED=99 Emoticons, Winks and Display Pics. http://joinred.spaces.live.com?ocid=3DTXT_HMTG_prodredemoticons_052008=