On 8/23/05, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brandon Mercer wrote: > > Matthew Bettinger wrote: > >>Can anyone recommend a decent rack server from HP, Dell, IBM or CDW > >>that will run OpenBSD for webserver use? I would prefer a machine > >>that has SCSI drives with Mirror Raid capabilities. I know I can go > >>piecemeal one from FRY's but I need one that can have a hardware > >>support agreement tied to it.
If you can go beyond the big vendors, you might also look at smaller companies that support OpenBSD. Iron Systems, Sera Systems, etc. > Hmmm - going and searching the sites you mentioned for 1U servers will > get you any and all info you want. Why not do it yourself? It's difficult at best to determine from their documentation which model from which major vendor is "fully" supported by OpenBSD. For some Dell desktops, they don't even make it clear if the server comes with EIDE or SATA disks, much less whose chipset is used, and looking at servers from Dell and IBM, they just state "embedded RAID" and if I ask about which chipset is in which model, the sales rep points me towards their download area for MS-Windows drivers. Dell is getting better about giving details, but there are still caveats. Our 2650s all have Adaptec 'aac' RAID chipsets and won't boot 3.7 GENERIC, while the newer 1850/2850 machines work under 3.7 but the 'ami' RAID controller isn't detected correctly by earlier releases. Rather than buying hardware blindly and hoping for the best, reading the archives and then posting to misc@ is how I hedge my bets when ordering new servers from Dell, Sun, etc. Kevin Kadow
