From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 30 04:58:58 2007 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 DE0A416A417 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:58:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from terry@sucked-in.com) Received: from mail.sucked-in.com (got.sucked-in.com [64.251.22.156]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADAF313C4B3 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:58:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from terry@sucked-in.com) Received: from localhost (got.sucked-in.com [64.251.22.156]) by mail.sucked-in.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D691CC7E; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:05:39 +1100 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sucked-in.com Received: from mail.sucked-in.com ([64.251.22.156]) by localhost (mail.sucked-in.com [64.251.22.156]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id w3gvo0Qc9TVJ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:05:38 +1100 (EST) Received: from TerryPC (220-253-12-82.VIC.netspace.net.au [220.253.12.82]) by mail.sucked-in.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8EF01CC44; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:05:37 +1100 (EST) From: "Terry Sposato" To: "'Eric Crist'" , "'User Questions'" References: <20071029000347.GA25576@farnborough.darq.net> <200710282036.39340.lists@jnielsen.net> <20071029013653.GA32045@farnborough.darq.net> <1193673897.934.22.camel@doraji.izb.knu.ac.kr> <1193685311.964.11.camel@viola.izb.knu.ac.kr> <301DD680-2AA7-4AE3-8681-DC0DF48E0B00@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <301DD680-2AA7-4AE3-8681-DC0DF48E0B00@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:04:29 +1100 Message-ID: <000001c81aa1$98ec02c0$cac40840$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcgamxCNnP1a5QDQR56vscbWGLe8IgABi4LA Content-Language: en-au Cc: Subject: RE: Recommended servers for FreeBSD 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: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:58:58 -0000 On Oct 29, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:05 -0500, Eric Crist wrote: >> On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: >> >> How do HP servers compare to Dell? We're Dell fans here, but always >> willing to look at something better. > > I do not know about Dell well. However i *really* want to use Dell > if i > have a chance. I think Dell is also good friend of FreeBSD. > If you're looking for a Dell recommendation, I'll give you one. I've had nothing but great luck with them. So far, all their hardware I've tried to use has been supported. There are rumors that their newest systems have gigabit network cards that FreeBSD doesn't have a stable driver for, so you're forced to install an Intel or other one in one of the available PCI slots. RAID works great, hot swap and the whole works. Even the RAID battery status comes up in dmesg appropriately. We tend to use used systems, as we're not in need of the fastest systems out there, but we're looking at buying a couple brand-new within the next month or so. If you're interested, trying buying a box on eBay (great prices), and you'll be pleasantly surprised. HTH! ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Sorry for the awkward posting but I am at work so hence using a Windows machine with Outlook. I have attached a dmesg output of a Dell 2950 machine we recently purchased and have running flawlessly on FreeBSD amd64 6.2-RELEASE. Everything works great, didn't have to fiddle around with anything, GENERIC kernel picked up everything also. Cheers, Terry