Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-13 Thread Bsdguru
In a message dated 07/13/2001 12:41:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >"If you have the space, 2U is better". Why is that statement so irritating > to > >you. Its a fact. you agree with it. So what is the problem? > > The problem is that you said that 1U solutions

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-13 Thread David O'Brien
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 04:45:31PM +0100, Paul Robinson wrote: > > box. It's a nice 1U chasssis with four (4!) hot-swap drive bays and the > > Tyan Athlon MP motherboard. http://www.appro.com/1124/index.html > > Can anybody please: > > 1. Confirm that this works fine with FBSD (I assume it d

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-13 Thread David Greenman
>In a message dated 07/12/2001 6:44:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >writes: > >> The cooling in the 2U solution is better than the 1U... > >Which is pretty much all I was recommending. Im not sure why everyone is >getting so hot under the collar. You agree with me, yet you are a

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-13 Thread Bsdguru
In a message dated 07/12/2001 6:44:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The cooling in the 2U solution is better than the 1U... Which is pretty much all I was recommending. Im not sure why everyone is getting so hot under the collar. You agree with me, yet you are arguing

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-12 Thread Paul Robinson
On Jul 11, Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Appro 1124 is a nice box...although it's more expensive than the Sun > box. It's a nice 1U chasssis with four (4!) hot-swap drive bays and the > Tyan Athlon MP motherboard. http://www.appro.com/1124/index.html Can anybody please: 1. Confi

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-12 Thread Bob Bishop
Hi, At 22:52 11/07/01 -0700, David Greenman wrote: >[...] > I'm not sure how this thread got moved to -hackers...it started out on >freebsd-isp and really does not belong on this list. It's of interest to -clusters too. I wouldn't have seen it on -isp -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread David Greenman
>On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:24:11PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Its generally a bad idea to house a multi-processor system in a 1U enclosure, >> as there isnt enough cooling space and 3/4" fans are simply not powerful >> enough. Unless space is ridiculously scarce, you can get much bett

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread Bill Fumerola
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:24:11PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Its generally a bad idea to house a multi-processor system in a 1U enclosure, > as there isnt enough cooling space and 3/4" fans are simply not powerful > enough. Unless space is ridiculously scarce, you can get much better co

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread 'R.P. Aditya'
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 05:09:50PM -0600, Charles Randall wrote: > Not an exact match, but try looking at the iXsystems 1250 for ~$1089 > (probably cheaper if you buy more than one) at http://www.ixsystems.net/ close, but it's still 19x19 vs. 17x13 for the Netra x1 which also takes regular IDE an

RE: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread Charles Randall
From: R.P. Aditya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >What I'd like to see is a box like the Sun Netra x1 > > http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/netrax/ > >that I can run FreeBSD on -- > >- single PII 233 >- 1U (compact) 19" rack-mountable >- no video, just RJ-45 RS232 port >- 2 onbo

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread PM Lashley
--On Wednesday, July 11, 2001 15:32:13 -0700 "R.P. Aditya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 06:22:45PM -0400, Marc wrote: >> I have a couple of Sun X1s...and they are indeed nice little units, >> especially given the price. > > The only negative thing I've heard about them is

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread Julian Elischer
I just got a very nice 1U rackmount system PIII CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (863.87-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x68a Stepping = 10 Features=0x383f9ff real memory = 267124736 (260864K bytes) 9GB disk Intel Motherboard with 100Mb enet built in 4 USB ports

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread Marc
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, R.P. Aditya wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 06:22:45PM -0400, Marc wrote: > > I have a couple of Sun X1s...and they are indeed nice little units, > > especially given the price. > > The only negative thing I've heard about them is that they are > loud...comments? Haven't

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread R.P. Aditya
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 06:22:45PM -0400, Marc wrote: > I have a couple of Sun X1s...and they are indeed nice little units, > especially given the price. The only negative thing I've heard about them is that they are loud...comments? > The Appro 1124 is a nice box...although it's more expensive

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread Marc
I have a couple of Sun X1s...and they are indeed nice little units, especially given the price. The Appro 1124 is a nice box...although it's more expensive than the Sun box. It's a nice 1U chasssis with four (4!) hot-swap drive bays and the Tyan Athlon MP motherboard. http://www.appro.com/1124/in

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread R.P. Aditya
> Take a look at the new 1400 series from iXsystems (www.ixsystems.net -- > formerly BSDi, formerly Telenet) and the Dell 1550. I've tested both systems > and was impressed by both. If you're buying more than a few machines, Dell > has some very aggressive pricing. What I'd like to see is a box l

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread Mike Smith
>In fact there are other considerations as well, namely the power supply, > which is typically not all that beefy in 1U systems. For both of these > reasons and others, our current 1U offering, although using an MP motherboard > , > can only be ordered with one CPU. We've recently improved the

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread David Greenman
>In a message dated 07/10/2001 11:54:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >writes > >Its generally a bad idea to house a multi-processor system in a 1U enclosure, >as there isnt enough cooling space and 3/4" fans are simply not powerful >enough. Unless space is ridiculously scarce, yo

RE: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread Charles Randall
're buying more than a few machines, Dell has some very aggressive pricing. Charles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U expe

Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable

2001-07-11 Thread Bsdguru
In a message dated 07/10/2001 11:54:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Its generally a bad idea to house a multi-processor system in a 1U enclosure, as there isnt enough cooling space and 3/4" fans are simply not powerful enough. Unless space is ridiculously scarce, you can