Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread Daniel Ouellet
edgarz wrote: I got the IBM 326m and I have to say each day make me wonder why I got the HP to start with. RAID mode is working or no? Last answer I got on that one was: "To answer your question. Don't create any kind of logical volume (RAID0/1), just use the physical disks. In short, IM (int

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread edgarz
Daniel Ouellet wrote: Just my own feedback on this. I have both the DL 145 & DL 145 G2. The first generation was much better to the point that I look at alternative to the G2 version. I got the IBM 326m and I have to say each day make me wonder why I got the HP to start with. RAID mode is w

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/03/16 01:13, edgarz wrote: > As i remember only server with Opteron from fujitsu was Primergy RX220, > where did you found with WC (water cooling)? :) Just (some of) the racks, not the servers. Anyway this is straying a bit far from OpenBSD...probably better off-list.

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread edgarz
As i remember only server with Opteron from fujitsu was Primergy RX220, where did you found with WC (water cooling)? :) Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2006/03/15 15:19, Daniel Ouellet wrote: Just my own feedback on the DL 145 version. I do not have the DL 385, so for that one, I have nothing to sa

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/03/15 15:19, Daniel Ouellet wrote: > Just my own feedback on the DL 145 version. I do not have the DL 385, so > for that one, I have nothing to say! DL385 is much better than the DL145 (if you don't need 1U). Fujitsu-Siemens also have kit which looks good (they tend to use ami RAID on th

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread edgarz
If we look on DL 385, we see hot swap hard drives, since it's U2, we can use more than 2 drives, integrated raid controlled with raid 5. :) Daniel Ouellet wrote: > Just my own feedback on this. > > I have both the DL 145 & DL 145 G2. The first generation was much better to the point that I

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Just my own feedback on this. I have both the DL 145 & DL 145 G2. The first generation was much better to the point that I look at alternative to the G2 version. I got the IBM 326m and I have to say each day make me wonder why I got the HP to start with. So far the IBM beat the new G2 of HP

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread Morten Liebach
On 2006-03-14 23:36:15 +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2006/03/14 22:50, Srebrenko Sehic wrote: > > On 3/14/06, edgarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NB the DL145 are neither hotswap nor simple-swap: you must open the case > to gain access to the drives. On the + side, it does have IPMI and light

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread Pierre-Yves Ritschard
Here's my feedback on the DL385 on a recent 3.9 snapshot. It's a ULTRA 320 SCSI/RAID version. What works: everything but RAID management through bioctl, I hope to find a way to at least retrieve RAID status. The RAID array is super fast but I haven't tried anything but stress to test the machine

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread edgarz
My budget is limited, and that one box will be cheaper than a lot of cheaper per unit boxes :) There will not be any user mail acounts, it will function as mail/spam/virus filter and then forward mails to pop3/imap server (which runs on windows) :D Existing windows server is dual 2.4ghz xeon. No

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-15 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/03/15 08:24, edgarz wrote: > Maybe you can suggest optimal configuration for mail server? > It will be used for spam/virus filtering (~4000 mail accounts), proxy > server (~100 clients). I think it's enought with 1CPU DL 145 system, but > local dealer gives 2nd CPU for free for DL 385 :)

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread edgarz
Maybe you can suggest optimal configuration for mail server? It will be used for spam/virus filtering (~4000 mail accounts), proxy server (~100 clients). I think it's enought with 1CPU DL 145 system, but local dealer gives 2nd CPU for free for DL 385 :) Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2006/03/14 2

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/03/14 22:50, Srebrenko Sehic wrote: > On 3/14/06, edgarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I will be a very happy if those two servers (DL 145 and DL 385) will > > work. Means hardware will detect and work without strange things, like a > > slow hdd system, unusable raid or similar crap :)

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Srebrenko Sehic
On 3/14/06, edgarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will be a very happy if those two servers (DL 145 and DL 385) will > work. Means hardware will detect and work without strange things, like a > slow hdd system, unusable raid or similar crap :) I would choose the SCSI version of DL145 G2, since SA

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread edgarz
Ouu, sounds interesting. Sometimes it can be a very usefull thing :) Can't wait for 3.9 anymore :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: edgarz wrote: Looks good! but what is that: > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 0 not configured > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 2 not configur

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread edgarz
I will be a very happy if those two servers (DL 145 and DL 385) will work. Means hardware will detect and work without strange things, like a slow hdd system, unusable raid or similar crap :) Srebrenko Sehic wrote: On 3/14/06, edgarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Looks good! but what is that:

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
edgarz wrote: Looks good! but what is that: > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 0 not configured > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 2 not configured iLO (integrated Lights-Out) is an onboard mini-computer on a chip which can control the machine's state, e.g. reboot it, s

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Henrik Hellerstedt
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:43:30PM +0200, edgarz wrote: > Looks good! > but what is that: > > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 0 not configured > > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 2 not configured > ? > It is a remote server management card, can be afaik on-board or as a a

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Srebrenko Sehic
On 3/14/06, edgarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks good! > but what is that: > > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 0 not configured > > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 2 not configured That's just Integrated Lights Out stuff. You don't need that from OpenBSD. And yes

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread edgarz
Looks good! but what is that: > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 0 not configured > "Compaq iLO" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 2 function 2 not configured ? Stuart Henderson wrote: DL385: sorry it's only from bsd.rd, but here's a dmesg. NICs and disks are seen. Haven't tested performance unde

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
DL385: sorry it's only from bsd.rd, but here's a dmesg. NICs and disks are seen. Haven't tested performance under OpenBSD. BBU for the RAID card has a cable that seems exceptionally short until you realise it's been wrapped around (hey, don't laugh, took me half an hour to spot that!). OpenBSD 3.9

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Martin Reindl
edgarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So SCSI/RAID is working or no? :) All i know, the fix is in 3.9 :)

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread edgarz
So SCSI/RAID is working or no? :) Martin Reindl wrote: "Andrew Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: According to this url -> http://www.armorlogic.com/openbsd_information_server_compatibility_list.html, SCSI/RAID does not work. They should test again, the PR was fixed and closed.

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Martin Reindl
"Andrew Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to this url -> > http://www.armorlogic.com/openbsd_information_server_compatibility_list.html, > SCSI/RAID does not work. They should test again, the PR was fixed and closed.

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/03/14 15:50, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2006/03/14 17:36, edgarz wrote: > > Hello, one our customer is interested in that HP server. > > It will run OpenBSD. ahhh sorry - I am confused between DL385 and DL145. (I am sitting next to one of each at the moment and the noise is burrowing int

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Ng
According to this url -> http://www.armorlogic.com/openbsd_information_server_compatibility_list.html, SCSI/RAID does not work. On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:50:49 +, "Stuart Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 2006/03/14 17:36, edgarz wrote: > > Hello, one our customer is interested in that HP

Re: HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/03/14 17:36, edgarz wrote: > Hello, one our customer is interested in that HP server. > It will run OpenBSD. SATA version will run, but OpenBSD does not get on well with the disk controller: disk throughput is really *really* bad. SCSI version, not sure, the host adapter used to hide behi

HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread edgarz
Hello, one our customer is interested in that HP server. It will run OpenBSD. I want to ask about NIC: Dual HP NC7781 PCI-X Gigabit server adapters (embedded) So looks like it's not supported by OpenBSD, didn't fint on hw page :/ Forget question :) Any cahnces to get it working? Edgars.

HP ProLiant DL 385

2006-03-14 Thread edgarz
Hello, one our customer is interested in that HP server. It will run OpenBSD. I want to ask about NIC: Dual HP NC7781 PCI-X Gigabit server adapters (embedded) So looks like it's not supported by OpenBSD, didn't fint on hw page :/ Edgars.