Eh,my fault.

I thought,that you can choose - I don't know IBM well.I know only HP in rack
or in case.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Stuart Henderson
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:34 AM
To: misc@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: 1U IBM or Dell server for firewall

On 2008-05-06, Tomas Bodzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From HW view is more than enough this type :
> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/rack/x3250/index.html
>
> but I don't know how much is HW from this server supported in OpenBSD.In
> specifications are only Win systems,so best way is to ask IBM about support
> under their Unixes on this device (it tells something about possibility to
run
> it on OpenBSD).

No that is irrelevant.

> Then you can compare it against HW list from OpenBSD.

Take extra care with RAID controllers, IBM often use Adaptec.

> I'm in need of a 1U IBM (or Dell as a last resort) server for a firewall
> in our office.

With Dell you're more likely that somebody else has already found
any problems and maybe a way around them, they're far more common...

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