Thomas Agersborg wrote:
I want to purchase a Dell Server 2900 with these specifications
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Dual-Core 64-bit Intel Xeon processor 5160
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4GB (4x1GB) 667MHz FBD memory (max 32GB)
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is there any issues which I need to be aware of in regard to the server and FreeBSD?
You'll want (need) to run amd64 instead of i386. You can run i386, but the 64-bit capabilities will go to waste. You also won't get to use all of your 4 GB of RAM due to memory-mapping of hardware I/O addresses. The amd64 version does not have these problems. All the major software is now 64-bit clean, but you may have trouble with some desktop-type software (mplayer) and other less-common ports. Beyond that, all is good--PowerEdge+FreeBSD is an excellent combination. We even have IPMI support!
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