On 24/02/10 03:13, Theo de Raadt wrote:
Bot the R610 and R710 had issues (2nd generation bnx(4) was
unsupported, and the disk performance sucked). Two people stood up and
contributed one of each to the project, and these issues were
resolved. Getting these leading edge machines into our hands is
always the best way to ensure that support for them will be improved!
They now work very well. The amd64 snapshot builds are done on one:
zoom zoom zoom.
Thanks Theo for your quick post.
Good news then, so I will proceed with my buying :)
I wish I could donate a third one but my University's budget
sax big time...
I've noticed that you mentioned amd64.
Is it preferred over i386 for this platform?
Cause I've read a couple of times on this list
that i386 runs better (at least for firewalls).
regards,
Giannis