Re: freeBSD certified server hardware ?
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 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 IBM (IMHO, try to avoid Dell). [...] Dell is, or at least they were, supplying PCs with FBSD installed. Personally, I have had FBSD installed on Dell, IBM and HP, with HP causing the most problems. IBM and Dell have worked for the most part quite nicely. I'm up to 3 HP servers right now, and nary a problem with any of them ... probably the best servers I've picked up yet ... everything 'just worked' ... What HP model are you using? HP Proliant DL360 G4p's ... RAID controller uses the ciss driver, ethernet uses the bge driver ... single core CPUs right now ... and 4xSAS drive in a RAID1+0 configuration ... I fought my supplier on moving to HP unti he wore me down, and, so far, wish I had switched years ago ... Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.orgICQ . 7615664 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freeBSD certified server hardware ?
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 and try to boot/install it on the hardware you're interested in. That's what I do with HP, Sun and IBM (IMHO, try to avoid Dell). [...] Dell is, or at least they were, supplying PCs with FBSD installed. Personally, I have had FBSD installed on Dell, IBM and HP, with HP causing the most problems. IBM and Dell have worked for the most part quite nicely. I'm up to 3 HP servers right now, and nary a problem with any of them ... probably the best servers I've picked up yet ... everything 'just worked' ... What HP model are you using? thanks, ke han Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http:// www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.orgICQ . 7615664 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [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: freeBSD certified server hardware ?
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 interested in. That's what I do with HP, Sun and IBM (IMHO, try to avoid Dell). [...] Dell is, or at least they were, supplying PCs with FBSD installed. Personally, I have had FBSD installed on Dell, IBM and HP, with HP causing the most problems. IBM and Dell have worked for the most part quite nicely. I'm up to 3 HP servers right now, and nary a problem with any of them ... probably the best servers I've picked up yet ... everything 'just worked' ... Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.orgICQ . 7615664 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freeBSD certified server hardware ?
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 IBM (IMHO, try > to avoid Dell). [...] Dell is, or at least they were, supplying PCs with FBSD installed. Personally, I have had FBSD installed on Dell, IBM and HP, with HP causing the most problems. IBM and Dell have worked for the most part quite nicely. -- Gerard Q: What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A: A stick. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freeBSD certified server hardware ?
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 names!!). Doesn't HP, Sun, IBM, Dell have anything they certify for FreeBSD? Is this expected to get better over the next year or so? thanks, ke han Hello ke han, To my knowledge, none of the top vendors have any certification for FreeBSD. 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 IBM (IMHO, try to avoid Dell). On the other hand, there is a company at http://www.freebsdsystems.com/. By their name, one would think that the hardware they push should work fine with FreeBSD. I never dealt with them, so I really have no idea if they're good? Have fun, 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: freeBSD certified server hardware ?
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 list > (wow, some of their list pricing is much higher than the big > names!!). Doesn't HP, Sun, IBM, Dell have anything they certify for > FreeBSD? Is this expected to get better over the next year or so? > thanks, ke han I have heard people speak well of:FreeBSD Systems at:http://www.freebsdsystems.com/ In fact, you can buy a fully installed FreeBSD 6.1 server from them. But I have not tried them or know anything otherwise. Another company called: Iron Systems at:http://www.ironsystems.com/index.asp claims FreeBSD compatibility. I don't know much about them. Prices for both sites appear competitive. There are probably others out there. jerry > ___ > 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]"
