From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 29 00:36:58 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 8C95C16A418 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:36:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7132413C4B2 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:36:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from localhost (jn@ns1 [69.55.238.237]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l9T0ah0B093242; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:36:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) From: John Nielsen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:36:38 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <20071029000347.GA25576@farnborough.darq.net> In-Reply-To: <20071029000347.GA25576@farnborough.darq.net> X-Face: #X5#Y*q>F:]zT!DegL3z5Xo'^MN[$8k\[4^3rN~wm=s=Uw(sW}R?3b^*f1Wu*.<=?utf-8?q?of=5F4NrS=0A=09P*M/9CpxDo!D6?=)IY1w<9B1jB; tBQf[RU-R<,I)e"$q7N7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200710282036.39340.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Andrew Wasilczuk 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: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:36:58 -0000 On Sunday 28 October 2007, Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: > I'm interested to see what servers people use for FreeBSD. I used to > buy the IBM xSeries x306 for firewalls and web servers and the x206 for > low budget file servers, but both aren't being sold anymore. I recently > got a few IBM x3200 and x3550. They are really nicely built and I > hardly have any problems. However, the on-board RAID controllers > (Adaptec AIC-9580W) aren't supported under FreeBSD so I fit them with > 3ware 9000 series RAID cards. Although I really like those 3ware cards, > it seems like an extra expense that could be avoided. > > What servers do you guys buy and why? I would really like to have the > on-board RAID supported. Do HP servers play well with FreeBSD? If yes, > which models would you recommend? Check out ixsystems.com. They build and support servers particularly for FreeBSD (and other lesser unix-like OSes) and are competitively priced. The pre-sales engineer I talked to definitely had a clue so you should be able to make a good decision before you give them any money. :) If you're more of a do-it-yourself person then servers built around supermicro boards should be reasonably compatible, but you'll want to verify the network and storage chipsets beforehand if they're onboard. HP ProLiant servers are generally decent. The onboard RAID is usually supported by the ciss driver. JN