From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 16 00:28:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B489C16A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:28:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC9343D1D for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:28:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum1c-102.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.179.102]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5902169A71; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:28:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:28:01 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Stephan van Beerschoten Message-Id: <20040615202801.3c05944b.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040615232856.GE24771@enigma.whacky.net> References: <20040615232856.GE24771@enigma.whacky.net> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new server hardware recommendations ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:28:36 -0000 Stephan van Beerschoten 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