Hello,
I'm getting ready to buy a new server system (running FreeBSD of course) for
a small business. I have always before bought off-the-shelf parts and built
my own, but am thinking of getting a packaged system this time. I want
something fairly horsey. Xeon(s), 8-16gb ram, several terabytes
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Scott Sipe csco...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I'm getting ready to buy a new server system (running FreeBSD of course) for
a small business. I have always before bought off-the-shelf parts and built
my own, but am thinking of getting a packaged system this time.
My question -- are any server vendors well recommended for FreeBSD?
I bought a used HP Proliant DL385 for about $300 on ebay, then loaded
it up with 8GB of RAM (making a total of 12GB) for another $200.
Works great, FBSD 8.1 groks all the controllers, even produces
appropriate syslog messages
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Scott Sipe csco...@gmail.com wrote:
My question -- are any server vendors well recommended for FreeBSD? I've
looked at some seemingly decently priced Dells/HPs, but would appreciate
any
advice. Seems there are at times some hardware issues with some Dell
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:52:22AM -0400, Scott Sipe wrote:
Hello,
I'm getting ready to buy a new server system (running FreeBSD of course) for
a small business. I have always before bought off-the-shelf parts and built
my own, but am thinking of getting a packaged system this time. I want
We have three SuperMicro blade servers. One's worked like a champ, and
the other two died. The vendor we used tanked, so no warranty support.
I got two IBM X3400 boxes to replace the SuperMicros; the drives were
OK, so I got empty enclosures plus some rails, stuffed the drives in, and
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 08:43:08AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar typed:
Buy second hand branded hardware from ebay (allegro in poland). It's
usually hardware that was used in offices and replaced by more modern
ones. It's already tested!!!
You could get high-end PIII with 512MB RAM for $30 at
task that even Pentium 100 will do.
I'm hosting websites on 5-10 years old SUN hardware. V100/120 with ultrasparc II
400-650 Mhz. Just put in some new disks and memory, no sweat. They allmost
normal. 400MHz SUNs are available here for 100$ or less. they usually have
quite a lot of RAM even
Hi,
I need to buy some new servers, and mgmt has decreed that we get them from
someplace which will provide service contracts with on-site h/w suppport,
which means HP, Dell, Sun, IBM, etc.
Has anyone bought servers from one of the big manufacturers lately and had
good luck with them? It seems
ericr wrote:
I need to buy some new servers, and mgmt has decreed that we get them from
someplace which will provide service contracts with on-site h/w suppport,
which means HP, Dell, Sun, IBM, etc.
We use Dell almost exclusively. Although Dell doesn't officially support
FreeBSD, Dell hardware
And I say you get what you pay for. My organization uses Dell
exclusively and it's been a thorn in my side from day one. The AC
power requirements (it seems) for Dells are about 3x as much as
Gateways (I know, Gateway doesn't provide servers). The power draw
for the Dells don't seem to be any
On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 11:56:35AM -0600, ericr wrote:
Hi,
I need to buy some new servers, and mgmt has decreed that we get them from
someplace which will provide service contracts with on-site h/w suppport,
which means HP, Dell, Sun, IBM, etc.
Our group has a lot of Dells from Poweredge
Hi,
I need to buy some new servers, and mgmt has decreed that we get
them from
someplace which will provide service contracts with on-site h/w
suppport,
which means HP, Dell, Sun, IBM, etc.
I have two Intel servers that I like a lot. I don't have on-site
support, but it might be
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:56:35 -0600,
ericr erobi...@gmail.com said:
E Has anyone bought servers from one of the big manufacturers lately and had
E good luck with them?
I've always had good luck with Dell, especially the GX-260s. I've used
them for file-servers handling over 100 Samba
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Gerard Seibert wrote:
David Robillard wrote:
[...]
What I suggest you do is have one of the sales rep set you up with a
test machine. The easiest way to do so is to go at their offices with
a FreeBSD install disk and try to boot/install it on the hardware
you're
On Sep 20, 2006, at 2:40 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Gerard Seibert wrote:
David Robillard wrote:
[...]
What I suggest you do is have one of the sales rep set you up with a
test machine. The easiest way to do so is to go at their offices
with
a FreeBSD install disk
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, ke han wrote:
On Sep 20, 2006, at 2:40 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Gerard Seibert wrote:
David Robillard wrote:
[...]
What I suggest you do is have one of the sales rep set you up with a
test machine. The easiest way to do so is to go at their
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 12:00:47PM +0800, ke han wrote:
Does anyone know if any server manufacturer of high regard is
currently certifying for freeBSD 6.1?
I know the general answer is check the components on the release
notes. I also know there are a few integrators on the community
Does anyone know if any server manufacturer of high regard is
currently certifying for freeBSD 6.1?
I know the general answer is check the components on the release
notes. I also know there are a few integrators on the community list
(wow, some of their list pricing is much higher than the big
David Robillard wrote:
[...]
What I suggest you do is have one of the sales rep set you up with a
test machine. The easiest way to do so is to go at their offices with
a FreeBSD install disk and try to boot/install it on the hardware
you're interested in. That's what I do with HP, Sun and
Does anyone know if any server manufacturer of high regard is
currently certifying for freeBSD 6.1?
I know the general answer is check the components on the release
notes. I also know there are a few integrators on the community list
(wow, some of their list pricing is much higher than the
On Apr 17, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
Hi all,
I'm looking to move my bsd box to a 1u rack (running out of room
under the
desk)
The least expensive one I came across at dell is 900, can someone
suggest , a
more cost effective alternative?
You can build your own for less
entirely on the pay more for rental but less for the
box , can you elaborate a bit on that?
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From: Richard Collyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 4:57 PM
To: Jean-Paul Natola; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: server hardware
Jean-Paul Natola
; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: server hardware
Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
Hi all,
I'm looking to move my bsd box to a 1u rack (running out of room under the
desk)
The least expensive one I came across at dell is 900, can someone suggest ,
a
more cost effective alternative?
Cost
) these tigerdirect
specials for 600+ dollars would be the most effective/
From: Derek Ragona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:44 AM
To: Jean-Paul Natola; Richard Collyer; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: server hardware
Data centers
for 600+ dollars would be the most effective/
From: Derek Ragona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:44 AM
To: Jean-Paul Natola; Richard Collyer; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: server hardware
Data centers charge for space
Hi all,
I'm looking to move my bsd box to a 1u rack (running out of room under the
desk)
The least expensive one I came across at dell is 900, can someone suggest , a
more cost effective alternative?
Jean-Paul Natola
Network Administrator
Information Technology
Family Care
Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
Hi all,
I'm looking to move my bsd box to a 1u rack (running out of room under the
desk)
The least expensive one I came across at dell is 900, can someone suggest , a
more cost effective alternative?
Cost. Specs needed parts you can put in yourself. Need more info.
I need to make a server box that will serve web pages ( light ), do
light file storage for my home network and allow me ssh access when I
am away from the apartment. I have read a great deal about this on the
site and looked at the manufactures sites. I see a great deal of
potential there but I
On Oct 21, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Ben Siemon wrote:
I need to make a server box that will serve web pages ( light ), do
light file storage for my home network and allow me ssh access when I
am away from the apartment. I have read a great deal about this on the
site and looked at the manufactures
Ben Siemon wrote:
I need to make a server box that will serve web pages ( light ), do
light file storage for my home network and allow me ssh access when I
am away from the apartment. I have read a great deal about this on the
site and looked at the manufactures sites. I see a great deal of
Ben Siemon wrote:
I need to make a server box that will serve web pages ( light ), do
light file storage for my home network and allow me ssh access when I
am away from the apartment. I have read a great deal about this on the
site and looked at the manufactures sites. I see a great deal of
On Oct 21, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Matt Crossley wrote:
I've found that if it's not really all that heavy a load, machines
at Dell that regularly come up are worth it.
The latest one that I saw in a Dell flyer (in Canada), was a
Celeron 2.9, 512MB, 80 or 60GB, etc, etc for $349 CAD.
Can beat it,
Eric F Crist wrote:
On Oct 21, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Matt Crossley wrote:
I've found that if it's not really all that heavy a load, machines
at Dell that regularly come up are worth it.
The latest one that I saw in a Dell flyer (in Canada), was a Celeron
2.9, 512MB, 80 or 60GB, etc, etc for
On Oct 21, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Matt Crossley wrote:
Eric F Crist wrote:
On Oct 21, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Matt Crossley wrote:
I've found that if it's not really all that heavy a load,
machines at Dell that regularly come up are worth it.
The latest one that I saw in a Dell flyer (in Canada),
Hello,
Sorry for the off-topic nature of this post, but I'd like to get a feel
for the responses from a community I trust.
I have a customer who's goal is to send approx 1,000,000 outgoing emails
per day. That's about 12/second. When it comes time to spec hardware,
I want to configure a
On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 01:28:56AM +0200, 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
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
Stephan van Beerschoten [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
The first step would be to try to quantify the performance
difference in serving the actual web pages. Find a single
page that you think is slow on the production system and that
can be accessed without having to be part of a session, and
quantify the performance difference for that page.
Greets!
I'm pretty confused right now with trying to determine the nature of a
performance problem I'm having on one of my servers. The server is a
webserver with a separate db/file server sitting behind it. The issue is
that in pulling up websites from the machine, my silly POS
I'm pretty confused right now with trying to determine the
nature of a
performance problem I'm having on one of my servers. The
server is a
webserver with a separate db/file server sitting behind it.
The issue
is that in pulling up websites from the machine, my silly POS
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, John Straiton wrote:
Greets!
I'm pretty confused right now with trying to determine the nature of a
performance problem I'm having on one of my servers. The server is a
webserver with a separate db/file server sitting behind it. The issue is
that in pulling up websites
John Straiton writes:
I'm pretty confused right now with trying to
determine the nature of a performance problem ...
on one of my servers. ... in pulling up websites
from the machine, my silly POS development
box has nearly double performance ...
There's lots of tricky stuff that can be
Post your kernel configs, or better yet, do a diff -u between
the 5.0-R and the 5.1-C kernel configs. I bet dime to dollar
you've got some debugging options enabled in the 5.1-C
config. At the very least you haven't remove the debugging
options from your malloc options.
*frown* The 5.0
There's lots of tricky stuff that can be going wrong.
I spent some time in my last two jobs (anybody got
a new one in NJ?) on speeding up stuff like this
and the first thing I try to do is put some kind of
steady-state load on the boxen and monitor each box involved
with systat 1 -vmstat
Post your kernel configs, or better yet, do a diff -u between the
5.0-R and the 5.1-C kernel configs. I bet dime to dollar you've
got some debugging options enabled in the 5.1-C config. At the
very least you haven't remove the debugging options from your
malloc options.
*frown* The
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:30:59PM -0400, John Straiton wrote:
If 5.1-C has debugging on by default then , yes, I'd concur that we have
those features turned on.
5.1-CURRENT indeed has a number of debugging features enabled by
default, which can cause significant performance loss under load.
Hi!
The server has 16 4.3GB SCSII disks, and it seems to have 4 RAID
controllers (when I look at the RAID configuration tool, but please
correct me if I'm wrong).
I haven't really seen a 520, but if these RAID controllers are IBM
ServeRAID then I have a bit of bad news to you. These don't
Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 7:47:53 PM, Toomas wrote:
TA Hi!
The server has 16 4.3GB SCSII disks, and it seems to have 4 RAID
controllers (when I look at the RAID configuration tool, but please
correct me if I'm wrong).
TA I haven't really seen a 520, but if these RAID controllers are IBM
I have just bought an old IBM PC Server 520 from a company that was
replacing it. If it's possible, I would like to get some information
on it (the company does not have any), and since the computer is only
for my own personal use, I can't afford to get official support, and
therefore I try
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