Re: Low-cost 1U server

2006-03-14 Thread Chris 'Xenon' Hanson
Andrew Ng wrote: Hi, from previous threads in this list, I gathered that the Dell PowerEdge SC1425 works well with OpenBSD 3.8. However, I have reservations from past experience with Dell's customer support, hope anyone can recommend an equivalent low-cost system with the following minimum

Re: Low-cost 1U server

2006-03-14 Thread chefren
On 03/14/06 16:46, Andrew Ng wrote: Hi, from previous threads in this list, I gathered that the Dell PowerEdge SC1425 works well with OpenBSD 3.8. However, I have reservations from past experience with Dell's customer support, hope anyone can recommend an equivalent low-cost system with the

Re: Low-cost 1U server

2006-03-14 Thread Edd Barrett
On 3/14/06, chefren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 03/14/06 16:46, Andrew Ng wrote: Hi, from previous threads in this list, I gathered that the Dell PowerEdge SC1425 works well with OpenBSD 3.8. However, I have reservations from past experience with Dell's customer support, hope anyone

Re: Low-cost 1U server

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Ng
Thanks but local technical/customer support is required. On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:44:50 +, Edd Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On 3/14/06, chefren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 03/14/06 16:46, Andrew Ng wrote: Hi, from previous threads in this list, I gathered that the Dell

Re: Low-cost 1U server

2006-03-14 Thread Bryan Allen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sunfire X2100? They're Opterons, not Pentiums, but... I haven't put OpenBSD on mine (it's running Solaris 10), but there have been other messages to the list suggesting it works Pretty Well and should work Just Fine for 3.9. It's actually a

Re: Low-cost 1U server

2006-03-14 Thread Srebrenko Sehic
On 3/14/06, Bryan Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sunfire X2100? They're Opterons, not Pentiums, but... Has issues, but has no showstoppers. Unless you put your nfe(4) card under stress. Look at http://www.armorlogic.com/oscl/ for all the details.

Re: Low-cost 1U server

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Ng
Is the code frozen for OpenBSD 3.9? I hope not, and that someone is looking at this issue. Looks a better proposition for my case. I had queried the PR, didn't seem to have any related case opened? Can anyone log one, as it is inappropiate for me to do that when I don't even have the hardware?

Re: Low-cost 1U server

2006-03-14 Thread Donald J. Ankney
I have two of the Vision Servers that Tiger sells for $600: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp? EdpNo=705537CatId=0 I've had no problems whatsoever as a low-volume server platform. On Mar 14, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Chris 'Xenon' Hanson wrote: Andrew Ng wrote: