Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:47:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Craig Huckabee <huck@nosc.mil> To: BWS - Offwhite <brennan@offwhite.net> Cc: "Freebsd-Questions@Freebsd. Org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dell Poweredge 2400 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000901164414.9711B-100000@mailbox.atlantic.spawar.navy.mil> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009011511140.60602-100000@home.offwhite.net>
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I've beat the crap out of my 2300 with the AMI controller, running an SMP kernel - no problems. I *did* flash the controller/BIOS to the most current revisions before the beatings started. HTH, Craig On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, BWS - Offwhite wrote: > Ok, you are scaring the hell out of me. > > Is it for sure this new Dell will lock up on me under high load? I just > got the new server so it can handle the high load we expect to have once > our new ad campaign starts: radio, tv, billboards and busses. > > (i like the busses the most) > > Anyway, if this locks up (database server) while we are getting hit we > will be hurting. Can anyone offer any help here? > > Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin > projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com > > On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Steve Kaczkowski wrote: > > > Jonathan Defries wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Is anyone running FreeBSD on these servers? I want to order a couple > > > for firewalls, but have not been able to check whether they run OK > > > or not. > > > > I've talked to a couple people that have these boxes up and running and > > from what they said they're running great! > > > > I've got 2 on order so hopefully in the next couple weeks I'll be able > > to do some playing.. > > > > Couple things to keep in mind though.. Last I checked the PERC RAID > > controllers have some firmware issues that cause the machine to > > lockup under load, however Dell and AMI know about this and > > are working on a fix (May be out already). > > > > Also there are some kernel tweaks you may have to do in order for > > things to work right, specifically NAPIC = 2, NINTR = 28 I guess > > with the defaults the system doesn't want to boot.. > > > > Hope this helps.. > > > > > > -- > > 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-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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