Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 19:43:19 -0500 From: Bob Greene <rgreene@tclme.org> Cc: Patrick Calkins <pcalkins@oemsupport.com>, "Freebsd-Hardware (E-mail)" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which hardware vender for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <3AE0D7A7.2FAE57AA@tclme.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0104201940470.73836-100000@berkano.pair.com>
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Bryan Taylor wrote: > > Patrick, > > You might want to check www.rackmount.com. We use their > rackmount servers running FreeBSD 4.2 in our colocation center. > > Bryan Taylor > PNetwork > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Patrick Calkins wrote: > > > Have a quick (or not so quick) question: > > > > I am installing a datacenter with web servers, mail servers, database > > servers and file servers. I don't want any MS products if I can help it ;o). > > The question is which commercial vendors are best to use if going with a > > FreeBSD OS? I tried to talk to Dell and Compaq about it, but they seem more > > than happy to help me if I am going to use all MS stuff, but mention FreeBSD > > and they are all clueless about it. They don't even seem to up on Linux > > either (although they both claim to support it, and ship their servers with > > it if you need it). I talked to BSDi about it as well, they (naturally) > > support the xBSD but it seems that they want to sell you the same hardware > > that I can go to my local computer store and buy myself. I want fast, > > reliable, good equipment. With the norm for a datacenter - RAID 5, hot-swap, > > clustering, etc. I wanted to stick with a one vender solution if I could > > help it. Does anyone know what Yahoo runs for their hardware vendors? I > > noticed on mail.yahoo.com they sport a Compaq logo, but I thought they used > > FreeBSD for their OS - does this mean that Compaq *really* does support xBSD > > if you give them enough $$$??? I expect the project to be around $250,000 so > > money really isnt a concern. > > > > hehe > > Thanks for the input! > > Patrick > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Talk to Penguin Computing. http://www.penguincomputing.com They build pretty gereric rack mount boxes and I've got one of the 1U units running FreeBSD just fine. Of course they'll ship with Linux, but reinstalling isn't a problem. -- Bob Greene rgreene@TclMe.org Pull my finger for my public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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