> > 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).
I don't know. If I had another I'd be able to tell you. My i386 build machine is getting pretty old.
