From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jul 17 19:23:56 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D42E636CFBF for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:23:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@geeks.org) Received: from mail.geeks.org (mail.geeks.org [IPv6:2001:4980:3333:1::1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B7gyz71rsz4RYF for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:23:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@geeks.org) Received: from mail.geeks.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by after-clamsmtpd.geeks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5480DA20F1 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:23:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mail.geeks.org (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 2F2BEA20F0; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:23:49 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:23:49 -0500 From: Doug McIntyre To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd running on used Rack server Message-ID: <20200717192349.GA40739@geeks.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4B7gyz71rsz4RYF X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of merlyn@geeks.org designates 2001:4980:3333:1::1 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=merlyn@geeks.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.06 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.82)[-0.825]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ptr]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.97)[-0.967]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[geeks.org]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.03)[0.032]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7753, ipnet:2001:4980::/32, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:23:56 -0000 On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 04:19:38PM -0700, Martin Glazer wrote: > Hello > Just curious what used Rack server would you recommend? I like the Intel > Xeon CPU > > I like the idea. I have Freebsd running in a used Dell Precision T3600 with > 6 core Xeon CPU There's a ton of choices, I wouldn't say that FreeBSD is all that married to anything specific. All server gear does great. You would want to play to FreeBSD's strengths. Ie. especially ZFS. Ie many Dell servers would have a RAID card in them instead of a HBA for direct JBOD support. ZFS really works best with direct access to the disks as a JBOD. I've run FreeBSD on just about every generation Dell server in the last 15 years just fine. Some HP (not much). Quite a bit more SuperMicro gear. Intel ATOM, Xeon, Core, etc. Pretty much no issues.