Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:57:15 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <jhorne@dfwlp.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20071028195715.8vafqs728wokk8gs@webmail.dfwlp.org> In-Reply-To: <20071029000347.GA25576@farnborough.darq.net> References: <20071029000347.GA25576@farnborough.darq.net>
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Quoting Andrew Wasilczuk <andrew@darq.com>: > Hi, > > 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? > > > Many thanks, > > > Andrew. > > -- > __/_/_ w: http://darq.com/ > __/_/_ m: 07971 10 20 88 > / / t: 020 7100 1447 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > I have deployed many types of HP servers with FreeBSD 6.x, so far, =20 none of them have had any issues (all using HP supplied or onboard =20 RAID). ML110 (G3 i think), ML150 G3 are my most recent, all the way =20 back to the original ML530 G1, all no problems. --=20 Jonathan Horne http://www.dfwlp.org jhorne@dfwlp.org ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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