Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell PowerEdge R715/R720

2014-01-25 Thread Kerin Millar
Johann Schmitz wrote: We use Dell servers exclusively and have for 15 years. I think we're up to 400+ physical boxes now and the number of Linux-compatibility issues in all that time is exactly zero :-) That's good to hear. If Dell sold server-class hardware that wasn't 100% supported in

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell PowerEdge R715/R720

2014-01-20 Thread Johann Schmitz (ercpe)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, we are planning to upgrade our virtualization infrastructure in the near future. We are currently looking at 2 Dell PowerEdge R720 or R715. The hardware (more or less): - - Intel Xeon E5-2650v2 - - 24+ GB RAM - - H710/H710P RAID controller -

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell PowerEdge R715/R720

2014-01-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 01/21/14 08:11, Johann Schmitz (ercpe) wrote: Hi all, we are planning to upgrade our virtualization infrastructure in the near future. We are currently looking at 2 Dell PowerEdge R720 or R715. The hardware (more or less): - Intel Xeon E5-2650v2 - 24+ GB RAM - H710/H710P RAID

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell PowerEdge R715/R720

2014-01-20 Thread Johann Schmitz
We use Dell servers exclusively and have for 15 years. I think we're up to 400+ physical boxes now and the number of Linux-compatibility issues in all that time is exactly zero :-) That's good to hear. If Dell sold server-class hardware that wasn't 100% supported in Linux, their sales would