Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 16:02:28 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Hardware Message-ID: <5707C804.30301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <5707C0B3.5080506@cloudzeeland.nl> References: <5707C0B3.5080506@cloudzeeland.nl>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --od8ij3mBOLstcCDaBFMokPnoMHxsRMl2c Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="nFBVMkaTTpqo01KmnXgx8mjnOjFwbRHKI" From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <5707C804.30301@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: BSD Hardware References: <5707C0B3.5080506@cloudzeeland.nl> In-Reply-To: <5707C0B3.5080506@cloudzeeland.nl> --nFBVMkaTTpqo01KmnXgx8mjnOjFwbRHKI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2016/04/08 15:31, JosC wrote: > I am looking for a reliable replacement of my current BSD server. > Could someone tell me which mini business pc would fit? NoSSD, but plai= n > vanilla SATA 2,5 or 3,5 WD Red. Most server- or desktop- class machines will work fine with FreeBSD. Machines from big name manufacturers like Dell are well supported, or for smaller suppliers, you can generally compare their list of components against devices known to be supported by FreeBSD. Small suppliers are generally receptive if you tell them that you need a machine to run FreeBSD, and might even be prepared to plug in a USB stick and boot up a live system image to confirm everything works. The type of hard drive you use is in fact just about the *least* likely thing to result in compatibility problems. You want to worry more about things like RAID controllers/ HBAs (Host Bus Adapter), Network cards and on-board chipsets. You'll have to be rather more specific about your requirements if you want any more concrete suggestions: what services is this machine expected to provide, in support of how many users? How much disk space do you need? Are you going to have any unusual requirements, like you need to transcode video streams or compile quantities of source code? Are you intending to use ZFS? If so, then you'll need to spec more memory than otherwise but you can use a pretty bare bones HBA rather than a full-featured RAID controller, which would probably save you a bit of money overall. Beware though of some types of RAID controllers which don't provide a 'JBOD' or pass-through mode: ZFS works best when it has full control over the hard drives. Oh, while I'm here: don't dismiss SSDs out of hand. They've really come of age over the last 18 months or so. Good quality SSDs (eg. Intel or Samsung) nowadays have a longer MTBF than spinny disks. A lot of the price differential is down to whether the SSD has a supercap (in order to be able to complete any pending writes should your system lose power unexpectedly), so assuming you can cope with the potential missed filesystem writes they needn't cost you a great deal more. Plus, of course, they are that much faster than rotating media. Cheers, Matthew --nFBVMkaTTpqo01KmnXgx8mjnOjFwbRHKI-- --od8ij3mBOLstcCDaBFMokPnoMHxsRMl2c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJXB8gKXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQxOUYxNTRFQ0JGMTEyRTUwNTQ0RTNGMzAw MDUxM0YxMEUwQTlFNEU3AAoJEABRPxDgqeTntIcP/0lsKWqnfPgbv1iHHYCzYQK+ UYcyzHq2Id88QmdEbrb4WgXyHoFKHqBWwZt/LEAA5+9uELJ8FX0gM7llyuNOl9ey KR4IWaXGANeT6MEjg0TA5PNWTLqNKd6YbbfRl8mWKb/IVr3Ou7Knyo3V1nnF30qu ly4MEhJTXPpd+ikc50jdlHOPZ4UlnEMIsity16ngCvPylNZoeUJPdRFqN3v5a/DC qVnABSPLFBpMl1LAnKho2sT7rBJTDh9l/7z6MuFR0aGANlWvQ3bOE6BhITdbXxoN A1tDtihq0gGFWal2o/NW0RArxAYP1DrSgxi/qclCSsH3mTdbzLbf/ZuMUQNJk7Ao D9MH90dzSoNnu7IyQWYnEL8i8FzZu/0Fvf1T6qaQSNYi333GDDrn/d1v+IxTTZSj 1ac//uIj+DY745VhL6vgWv0FQf4MEXas8mdp+RzLnSWlndmPLM/ej6+7lq0o59Ur 3Nmej6cBsy0zUwzx86Z7tKrJWLap9GBxE6ZppwhXPwxNA7QrRxUoEFhSs6RLLx3+ oE3/+q6sqSZVnoezXSDCvUZ8gLUSe8vbVUC7pbvUG8HnoqKo1HRjZlJp3lwRGQtw 1eKMHLl0E9G/bxnMdnY53+mK/C9BoyUSQTN/4A8DOQMceom1oCQ9QkhBSUEmPOSS 1LdV4aoiVPMKOjT2ESNR =MMT5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --od8ij3mBOLstcCDaBFMokPnoMHxsRMl2c--
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