Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:49:10 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cruel and unusual problems with Proliant ML350 Message-ID: <200611141149.kAEBnAEM027826@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20061113171945.GA26567@icarus.home.lan>
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Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > If it's really only a web server, then you probably don't > > need the USB ports. In that case you should remove ohci > > and ehci from your kernel. The USB interrupt handler is > > quite heavy-weight, so it can have a noticeable impact if > > the interrupt is shared with other devices. > > I'll agree with this (re: webservers not needing USB), except in > regards to one item: keyboards. > > More and more x86 PCs these days are expecting keyboards to be > USB-based. Yes, PS/2 ports are still present on most (but not all) > motherboards, but eventually that will be phased out. Personally I never buy hardware that requires me to connect a keyboard for management (no matter whether USB or PS/2). > I like the idea of being able to go to my co-location facility and > plug in a USB keyboard to begin working on a server, and when > finished remove the keyboard and leave. I don't like that idea at all. I like the idea of not having to go to my co-location facility, but instead be able to manage my servers completely remotely. We're not in the stone age anymore ... Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. With Perl you can manipulate text, interact with programs, talk over networks, drive Web pages, perform arbitrary precision arithmetic, and write programs that look like Snoopy swearing.
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