Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:30:15 +0200 From: Krassimir Slavchev <krassi@bulinfo.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= <johan@stromnet.se> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP ProLiant DL360 G5 success stories? Message-ID: <47D8F427.8070406@bulinfo.net> In-Reply-To: <5A19EFD5-7286-41A7-84F9-F11319D6FBA4@stromnet.se> References: <F3E4F4AD-A5AC-4F96-89CE-7FDE7F5BC6A6@stromnet.se> <47D7BDF3.9030508@bulinfo.net> <5A19EFD5-7286-41A7-84F9-F11319D6FBA4@stromnet.se>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Johan Ström wrote: > On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Krassimir Slavchev wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Johan Ström wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> Im looking into getting a new server box to replace a Supermicro box, >>> which unfortunately have a bunch of problems with heat, random hangups, >>> crappy IPMI/remote admin capabilities etc.. >>> What I'm looking at is a DL360 G5, probably with one E5335 (quad 2.0) >>> and 4G of RAM and 4x 146Gb SAS disks on the Smart Array P400i card. >> >> I have some DL360 G5 (3.0GHz E53xx) with 8G, 4x146G SAS and P400i and >> they work perfect with 7.0 (amd64) and sched ULE! >> >>> I've googled and looked through the list archives trying to find success >>> stories/problem reports using FreeBSD on this box, but haven't found >>> very much.. Only thing was >> >> Try to find "Performance!" thread on this list > > Found it, but the main point seemed to be dont compile postgres stuff > with incompatible threadsafeness? Or did I miss something? > > http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-stable@freebsd.org/msg92787.html Yes, the main point is differ but the hardware is as yours and 7.0 works without issues. > >> >> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html which says >>> "Functional" which isnt very informative ;) >>> >>> So.. Does anyone have any experience with this combo (DL360 G5 / P400i)? >>> >> >> Yes, P400i works fine with ciss(4) driver > > Can i offline/online drives, rebuild arrays etc from the OS? You don't need to do anything from the OS, just pull out the drive an plug a new one or the same drive and arrays will be rebuilt automatically (without rebooting or power on/off! The system doesn't affected by this operation while running). I have never tested camcontrol(8) utility but it should work. Best Regards > > Thank you! > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFH2PQnxJBWvpalMpkRAru5AKCH4Kxcaf8Q7cQU8DTIq15m0JKraACcCQTQ SkCJTms5zKSO3KwyJusJ4Xg= =zvEW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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