Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:28:01 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Stephan van Beerschoten <stephanb@whacky.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new server hardware recommendations ? Message-ID: <20040615202801.3c05944b.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040615232856.GE24771@enigma.whacky.net> References: <20040615232856.GE24771@enigma.whacky.net>
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Stephan van Beerschoten <stephanb@whacky.net> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I'm will be retiring my old and trusty rackmount machine soon and will > be purchasing a new one to replace it. The old one was a home-grown > combination of hardware, fitting into a 2U chassis. > > For its replacement however, I am looking for a more professional > system, including professional (hardware) support if needed, because I > will be trying to run some paid services of it. > Something from a vendor like Dell, IBM or HP/Compaq. > Something that preferably fits into 1U and can give me some degree of > hardware fault tolerance like a raid5 built-in on 3 disks. > I have seen something like this coming from Dell for example (allthough > I'd really rather use 2x AMD64, which Dell doesn't do ..) > > Anyway, who is using FreeBSD in a professional world on hardware like > this ? Anyone with a recommendation? > This 'swap' won't happen untill Q4 this year, so it will be running > 5-STABLE then. Please take this new platform into consideration for when > recommending new hardware. I recommend FreeBSD Systems: http://www.freebsdsystems.com -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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