Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD.
On Oct 29, 2007 10:45 AM, Andrew Wasilczuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 09:08:12AM -0400, David Robillard wrote: > > > > We run FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on several IBM x3550 machines with the > > onboard RAID controller using the aac(4) driver. We haven't had any > > problems, the machines are stable and backed by IBM Professional > > Services. > > Nice, I think those use the ServeRAID-8k controller. Have you tried > hot-swapping the disks? Does it work on FreeBSD? I've finally found some spare time to test the hot-swap capability of the IBM x3550 machines with FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p8. Good news, it works as expected. Here's the info required to make it happen: Kernel configuration lines to include. Note that you can omit the AAC_DEBUG line. If you do so, you won't see anything in the logs when the controller is working. I've only tried debug level zero and you'll see below that it generates quite a lot of info. device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID device aacp# SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM) options AAC_DEBUG=0 # Set debug level from 0 to 3. Here's what FreeBSD reports: grep -i raid /var/run/dmesg.boot aac0: port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xcce0-0xccff,0xcafe-0xcaff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2 aac0: Adaptec Raid Controller 2.0.0-1 aacd0: on aac0 Now when you pull a drive out from the machine, wait a around a minute or so and then plug it back in, you'll get those messages in /var/log/messages: +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (EnclosureManagement) EMPID 0 unit 1 event 17 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (DeviceFailure) handle 1 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (EnclosureManagement) EMPID 0 unit 1 event 31 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (23) +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (ConfigChange) +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (FailoverChange) +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (ContainerChange) container 0,0 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (23) +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (23) +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (ContainerChange) container 0,-1 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (ContainerEvent) container 0 event 7 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (ContainerChange) container 0,-1 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (ConfigChange) +aac0: JobProgress (1) - running (3123200, 312317952) +aac0: (ConatainerRebuildMirror) container 0 +aac0: JobProgress (2) - running (6246400, 312317952) +aac0: (ConatainerRebuildMirror) container 0 [ ... removed a lot of similar JobProgress lines ... ] +aac0: (ConatainerRebuildMirror) container 0 +aac0: JobProgress (100) - finished (312317952, 312317952) +aac0: (ConatainerRebuildMirror) container 0 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (23) +aac0: JobProgress (101) - success (312317952, 312317952) +aac0: (ConatainerRebuildMirror) container 0 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (ContainerChange) container 0,-1 +aac0: EventNotify(0) +aac0: (ConfigChange) There you go. Thanks to the aac(4) & FreeBSD teams. Enjoy! David -- David Robillard UNIX systems administrator & Oracle DBA CISSP, RHCE & Sun Certified Security Administrator Montreal: +1 514 966 0122 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
Hi, ok, I did not buy any kind of servers in recent times. Before I either took Tyan motherboards for real low-cost servers and either got them built into a machine by the supplier or even did it myself. Both routes offered the best price/performance ratio. In all other cases I took Fire servers from Sun. I believe the biggest difference between IBM and Sun will actually be the people who will finally arrive at your site in case of problems. The same should be true for HP. Erich Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: Hi, I'm interested to see what servers people use for FreeBSD. I used to buy the IBM xSeries x306 for firewalls and web servers and the x206 for low budget file servers, but both aren't being sold anymore. I recently got a few IBM x3200 and x3550. They are really nicely built and I hardly have any problems. However, the on-board RAID controllers (Adaptec AIC-9580W) aren't supported under FreeBSD so I fit them with 3ware 9000 series RAID cards. Although I really like those 3ware cards, it seems like an extra expense that could be avoided. What servers do you guys buy and why? I would really like to have the on-board RAID supported. Do HP servers play well with FreeBSD? If yes, which models would you recommend? Many thanks, Andrew. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
All, We have been using Dell since early 2001. in fact, I have one comming up on two years uptime. (FreeBSD 4.4, Yeah, I know, but I just can't bring myself to shut it down to upgrade). Raid works well, new SAS systems work well, no burn CPUs or Memory. Lots of great online and on phone support. I tried sourcing some 1u and 2u systems elsewhere (no names please), and in the end the Dells with 3 Year silver support and Waranttee were the same price, in a couple ways cheaper. As for speed, they seem to middle of the pack. BUT remember ... bus speed, memory speed, disk access, are all sky high anyways, so speed may not bee an issue anyways, even with slower systems. About the only negative thing I have to say is that I was not at all impressed with the DRAC III/XT cards. The new generation 4 and 5 cards seem to be better though. I had some problems with freeBSD 6.0 freezing, but the same hardware is running 6.2 with no issues now. I am sure that was a FReeBSD quotas problem anyway. Even a simple 24 port managed switch I have works good. My two cents, -Grant - Original Message - From: Terry Sposato To: 'Eric Crist' ; 'User Questions' Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:04 PM Subject: RE: Recommended servers for FreeBSD On Oct 29, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:05 -0500, Eric Crist wrote: >> On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: >> >> How do HP servers compare to Dell? We're Dell fans here, but always >> willing to look at something better. > > I do not know about Dell well. However i *really* want to use Dell > if i > have a chance. I think Dell is also good friend of FreeBSD. > If you're looking for a Dell recommendation, I'll give you one. I've had nothing but great luck with them. So far, all their hardware I've tried to use has been supported. There are rumors that their newest systems have gigabit network cards that FreeBSD doesn't have a stable driver for, so you're forced to install an Intel or other one in one of the available PCI slots. RAID works great, hot swap and the whole works. Even the RAID battery status comes up in dmesg appropriately. We tend to use used systems, as we're not in need of the fastest systems out there, but we're looking at buying a couple brand-new within the next month or so. If you're interested, trying buying a box on eBay (great prices), and you'll be pleasantly surprised. HTH! - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Sorry for the awkward posting but I am at work so hence using a Windows machine with Outlook. I have attached a dmesg output of a Dell 2950 machine we recently purchased and have running flawlessly on FreeBSD amd64 6.2-RELEASE. Everything works great, didn't have to fiddle around with anything, GENERIC kernel picked up everything also. Cheers, Terry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Total Control Panel Login To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove this sender from my allow list You received this message because the sender is on your allow list. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
On Oct 29, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:05 -0500, Eric Crist wrote: >> On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: >> >> How do HP servers compare to Dell? We're Dell fans here, but always >> willing to look at something better. > > I do not know about Dell well. However i *really* want to use Dell > if i > have a chance. I think Dell is also good friend of FreeBSD. > If you're looking for a Dell recommendation, I'll give you one. I've had nothing but great luck with them. So far, all their hardware I've tried to use has been supported. There are rumors that their newest systems have gigabit network cards that FreeBSD doesn't have a stable driver for, so you're forced to install an Intel or other one in one of the available PCI slots. RAID works great, hot swap and the whole works. Even the RAID battery status comes up in dmesg appropriately. We tend to use used systems, as we're not in need of the fastest systems out there, but we're looking at buying a couple brand-new within the next month or so. If you're interested, trying buying a box on eBay (great prices), and you'll be pleasantly surprised. HTH! - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Sorry for the awkward posting but I am at work so hence using a Windows machine with Outlook. I have attached a dmesg output of a Dell 2950 machine we recently purchased and have running flawlessly on FreeBSD amd64 6.2-RELEASE. Everything works great, didn't have to fiddle around with anything, GENERIC kernel picked up everything also. Cheers, Terry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: I haven't dealt with HP yet, but I'm starting to seriously consider them. How is good is their support when things go wrong? I was not impressed with how difficult it was to actually get them working with me; but, I was a 3rd party, or maybe even 4th party, in the dealings I had with them in the most comparable case to what you are asking about, when a motherboard failed to run on a Proliant after a disastrous incident involving a facilities manager and a large UPS circuit. The box was in Missouri at one of my clients, the company that purchased and installed it was in California, and I could have sworn I heard a Brahman herd braying in the background when I called HP. They were not particularly responsive to the "ticketing" page opened for me on their website, either. 5-6 hours later, after a series of misadventures and mis- communications caused by an cautious manager in California, spotty cellphone coverage while underground and receptionists who don't know HP from anyone else that calls, they allowed me to open the case with an engineer on the phone. Five minutes later, they were ready to overnight a new motherboard to a town 50 miles away. From there on out, smooth sailing. The rep who came to do the install was knowledgeable, friendly, very competent and quick, and had started with DEC and was still with the company. So, mixed reviews. It's hard to wake the giant, but it's pretty powerful when awakened. My $.02, KDK -- Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 12:05:04PM -0500, Eric Crist wrote: > On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 01:36 +, Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: > >[...] > >>>HP ProLiant servers are generally decent. The onboard RAID is > >>>usually > >>>supported by the ciss driver. > >> > >>I haven't dealt with HP yet, but I'm starting to seriously > >>consider them. > >>How is good is their support when things go wrong? > > > >According to my experience ... > >it is good at both performance and stability of HP Proliant. > >Moreover HP's A/S is good as well. HP is good friend of FreeBSD. > > > > How do HP servers compare to Dell? We're Dell fans here, but always > willing to look at something better. I've only used a couple of HPs, (350 something I think) but they seemed about the same. One came with a DOA motherboard, but it was replaced quickly. Something similar happened on a Dell box. We have had several of Dell's power supplies go out, but they were the redundant setups so the servers ran on the rest of them until spares came.Dell didn't whine about replacing them. jerry > > - > Eric F Crist > Secure Computing Networks > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
On Oct 29, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: Hello, On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:05 -0500, Eric Crist wrote: On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: How do HP servers compare to Dell? We're Dell fans here, but always willing to look at something better. I do not know about Dell well. However i *really* want to use Dell if i have a chance. I think Dell is also good friend of FreeBSD. If you're looking for a Dell recommendation, I'll give you one. I've had nothing but great luck with them. So far, all their hardware I've tried to use has been supported. There are rumors that their newest systems have gigabit network cards that FreeBSD doesn't have a stable driver for, so you're forced to install an Intel or other one in one of the available PCI slots. RAID works great, hot swap and the whole works. Even the RAID battery status comes up in dmesg appropriately. We tend to use used systems, as we're not in need of the fastest systems out there, but we're looking at buying a couple brand-new within the next month or so. If you're interested, trying buying a box on eBay (great prices), and you'll be pleasantly surprised. HTH! - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
Hello, On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:05 -0500, Eric Crist wrote: > On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 01:36 +, Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: > > [...] > >>> HP ProLiant servers are generally decent. The onboard RAID is > >>> usually > >>> supported by the ciss driver. > >> > >> I haven't dealt with HP yet, but I'm starting to seriously > >> consider them. > >> How is good is their support when things go wrong? > > > > According to my experience ... > > it is good at both performance and stability of HP Proliant. > > Moreover HP's A/S is good as well. HP is good friend of FreeBSD. > > > > How do HP servers compare to Dell? We're Dell fans here, but always > willing to look at something better. I do not know about Dell well. However i *really* want to use Dell if i have a chance. I think Dell is also good friend of FreeBSD. Sincerely, -- "Don Michael." -- Peter Clemenza, "Chapter 31", page 435 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: Hi, On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 01:36 +, Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: [...] HP ProLiant servers are generally decent. The onboard RAID is usually supported by the ciss driver. I haven't dealt with HP yet, but I'm starting to seriously consider them. How is good is their support when things go wrong? According to my experience ... it is good at both performance and stability of HP Proliant. Moreover HP's A/S is good as well. HP is good friend of FreeBSD. How do HP servers compare to Dell? We're Dell fans here, but always willing to look at something better. - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD.
> I'm interested to see what servers people use for FreeBSD. I used to > buy the IBM xSeries x306 for firewalls and web servers and the x206 for > low budget file servers, but both aren't being sold anymore. I recently > got a few IBM x3200 and x3550. They are really nicely built and I > hardly have any problems. However, the on-board RAID controllers > (Adaptec AIC-9580W) aren't supported under FreeBSD so I fit them with > 3ware 9000 series RAID cards. Although I really like those 3ware cards, > it seems like an extra expense that could be avoided. We run FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on several IBM x3550 machines with the onboard RAID controller using the aac(4) driver. We haven't had any problems, the machines are stable and backed by IBM Professional Services. Cheers, David -- David Robillard UNIX systems administrator & Oracle DBA CISSP, RHCE & Sun Certified Security Administrator Montreal: +1 514 966 0122 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD.
> Nice, I think those use the ServeRAID-8k controller. Have you tried > hot-swapping the disks? Does it work on FreeBSD? No, I haven't tried to hot-swap the disks. The machines are redundant web heads and DNS servers which we can bring down without service down-time. But come to think of it, I have one here in the lab. I'll see if I can spare a few minutes to test the hot-swap. I'll let you know how it turns out. David -- David Robillard UNIX systems administrator & Oracle DBA CISSP, RHCE & Sun Certified Security Administrator Montreal: +1 514 966 0122 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 12:03:47AM +, Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: > Hi, > > I'm interested to see what servers people use for FreeBSD. I used to > buy the IBM xSeries x306 for firewalls and web servers and the x206 for > low budget file servers, but both aren't being sold anymore. I recently > got a few IBM x3200 and x3550. They are really nicely built and I > hardly have any problems. However, the on-board RAID controllers > (Adaptec AIC-9580W) aren't supported under FreeBSD so I fit them with > 3ware 9000 series RAID cards. Although I really like those 3ware cards, > it seems like an extra expense that could be avoided. > > What servers do you guys buy and why? I would really like to have the > on-board RAID supported. Do HP servers play well with FreeBSD? If yes, > which models would you recommend? Besides the ubiquitious Dells and HPs, the ones I am have seen that seem to be FreeBSD aware are: (Not that Dell and HP are FreeBSD aware) FreedomTechnologies which used to call itself FreeBSD Systems at: http://www.freedomtc.com/ iX Systems at: http://www.ixsystems.com/ Iron Systems at: http://www.ironsystems.com/ I haven't heard anything bad about any of them. jerry > > Many thanks, > > > Andrew. > > -- > __/_/_ w: http://darq.com/ > __/_/_ m: 07971 10 20 88 > / / t: 020 7100 1447 > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 09:08:12AM -0400, David Robillard wrote: > > We run FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on several IBM x3550 machines with the > onboard RAID controller using the aac(4) driver. We haven't had any > problems, the machines are stable and backed by IBM Professional > Services. > Nice, I think those use the ServeRAID-8k controller. Have you tried hot-swapping the disks? Does it work on FreeBSD? Many thanks, Andrew -- __/_/_ w: http://darq.com/ __/_/_ m: 07971 10 20 88 / / t: 020 7100 1447 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
Hi, On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 01:36 +, Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: [...] > > HP ProLiant servers are generally decent. The onboard RAID is usually > > supported by the ciss driver. > > I haven't dealt with HP yet, but I'm starting to seriously consider them. > How is good is their support when things go wrong? According to my experience ... it is good at both performance and stability of HP Proliant. Moreover HP's A/S is good as well. HP is good friend of FreeBSD. Sincerely, -- "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse." -- Michael Corleone, "Chapter 27", page 382 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
Hi John, > Check out ixsystems.com. They build and support servers particularly for > FreeBSD (and other lesser unix-like OSes) and are competitively priced. The > pre-sales engineer I talked to definitely had a clue so you should be able > to make a good decision before you give them any money. :) They look good, but I would prefer somebody in the UK since that's where I'm based. > If you're more of a do-it-yourself person then servers built around > supermicro boards should be reasonably compatible, but you'll want to > verify the network and storage chipsets beforehand if they're onboard. I run two legacy supermicro boxes and they seem fine. One of the reasons I use a lot of IBM is that if anything goes wrong they will send an engineer and fix it reasonably quick, where with DIY I don't have that kind of comfort. > HP ProLiant servers are generally decent. The onboard RAID is usually > supported by the ciss driver. I haven't dealt with HP yet, but I'm starting to seriously consider them. How is good is their support when things go wrong? Cheers, Andrew. -- __/_/_ w: http://darq.com/ __/_/_ m: 07971 10 20 88 / / t: 020 7100 1447 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
Quoting Andrew Wasilczuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, I'm interested to see what servers people use for FreeBSD. I used to buy the IBM xSeries x306 for firewalls and web servers and the x206 for low budget file servers, but both aren't being sold anymore. I recently got a few IBM x3200 and x3550. They are really nicely built and I hardly have any problems. However, the on-board RAID controllers (Adaptec AIC-9580W) aren't supported under FreeBSD so I fit them with 3ware 9000 series RAID cards. Although I really like those 3ware cards, it seems like an extra expense that could be avoided. What servers do you guys buy and why? I would really like to have the on-board RAID supported. Do HP servers play well with FreeBSD? If yes, which models would you recommend? Many thanks, Andrew. -- __/_/_ w: http://darq.com/ __/_/_ m: 07971 10 20 88 / / t: 020 7100 1447 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I have deployed many types of HP servers with FreeBSD 6.x, so far, none of them have had any issues (all using HP supplied or onboard RAID). ML110 (G3 i think), ML150 G3 are my most recent, all the way back to the original ML530 G1, all no problems. -- Jonathan Horne http://www.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD
On Sunday 28 October 2007, Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: > I'm interested to see what servers people use for FreeBSD. I used to > buy the IBM xSeries x306 for firewalls and web servers and the x206 for > low budget file servers, but both aren't being sold anymore. I recently > got a few IBM x3200 and x3550. They are really nicely built and I > hardly have any problems. However, the on-board RAID controllers > (Adaptec AIC-9580W) aren't supported under FreeBSD so I fit them with > 3ware 9000 series RAID cards. Although I really like those 3ware cards, > it seems like an extra expense that could be avoided. > > What servers do you guys buy and why? I would really like to have the > on-board RAID supported. Do HP servers play well with FreeBSD? If yes, > which models would you recommend? Check out ixsystems.com. They build and support servers particularly for FreeBSD (and other lesser unix-like OSes) and are competitively priced. The pre-sales engineer I talked to definitely had a clue so you should be able to make a good decision before you give them any money. :) If you're more of a do-it-yourself person then servers built around supermicro boards should be reasonably compatible, but you'll want to verify the network and storage chipsets beforehand if they're onboard. HP ProLiant servers are generally decent. The onboard RAID is usually supported by the ciss driver. JN ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Recommended servers for FreeBSD
Hi, I'm interested to see what servers people use for FreeBSD. I used to buy the IBM xSeries x306 for firewalls and web servers and the x206 for low budget file servers, but both aren't being sold anymore. I recently got a few IBM x3200 and x3550. They are really nicely built and I hardly have any problems. However, the on-board RAID controllers (Adaptec AIC-9580W) aren't supported under FreeBSD so I fit them with 3ware 9000 series RAID cards. Although I really like those 3ware cards, it seems like an extra expense that could be avoided. What servers do you guys buy and why? I would really like to have the on-board RAID supported. Do HP servers play well with FreeBSD? If yes, which models would you recommend? Many thanks, Andrew. -- __/_/_ w: http://darq.com/ __/_/_ m: 07971 10 20 88 / / t: 020 7100 1447 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
