Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:52:53 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for HP DL180/G5 Message-ID: <b2807d040810091422ifbe77bfk60212ad74485ab0b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081009202521.GA57222@mooseriver.com> References: <20081009202521.GA57222@mooseriver.com>
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HP produces pretty good boxes and historically I have been able to get them working without any troubles. However I would say DL180 is a pretty non customizable box. The hardware works perfectly with FreeBSD 7.0. I didnt try it with 6.3, so cant comment on that. However I would say DL380 is a better off. The main advantage of DL3xx boxes are there is a lot of room to play with add-on cards. Also not all the latest and greatest processors are available with DL1xx family of servers. Also make sure that you go for an external RAID controller like 3ware or Areca. I prefer Areca more :-D. The HP RAID controller cant take the beating I give to it. Thanks Subhro On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com>wrote: > > Does anyone have experience running FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x on an HP DL180/G5? > The company I work for is looking to get a number of these to be put in > production. Your general impressions would be a good start. > > > > Josef > > -- > Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 6.3 > jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. >
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