Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 15:46:34 -0400 From: "Simon" <simon@optinet.com> To: "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Who makes FBSD friendly rackmount systems? Message-ID: <200008100335.VAA68231@mail.fpsn.net> In-Reply-To: <3991B185.77CF2173@inc.net>
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We're interested as well - especially in a company that provides some guarantee as far as stability goes under heavy loads. They obviously have to know exactly what they are doing and stress-test all of their servers. Not sure if this is too much too ask, but you never know. -Simon On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 14:31:17 -0500, Steve Kaczkowski wrote: >Hey all, > >I'm coming to a point where building machines from parts is fast >becoming >something no longer desirable and an looking for alternatives. I'm >trying >to find a manufacturer that builds entire system that are FreeBSD >friendly >and thus far just haven't had any luck. > >Here's the specs I'm looking for: > >19" Rackmount >Dual hot swap power (2 power plugs if possible) >PIII 800+ >1GB or more of ram >Disks aren't soo important since external raid will be used >U2/U160 SCSI onboard or able to take full height PCI card > > >Nothing real strange or anything so that's why I find it soo weird. I >know >there are vendors like Compaq,Dell,etc,etc but from reading I've come to >find >that systems like this are a little too proprietary in some aspects and >don't run soo well unless you're running NT (especially Compaq)... > >So I'd appreciate any pointers you guys can give.. > >Thanks in advance! > > > >-- >Steve Kaczkowski Time Warner Telecom IDD >steve@inc.net (414)908-9012 >http://www.inc.net (603)737-9209 Fax > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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