On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 12:03:47AM +0000, 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]"
