On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Dave wrote: > We are in the position to have to replace an intel ISP1100 which has > been running as our primary server for some time. As a potential > replacement we are looking at a Dell 2650 dual processor raid5 server, > specs below. Up until now, the ISP1100 with a P3 800 and 1GB of PC100 > RAM has been handling the load like a fine workhorse, but anything > purhcased now is well beyond those specs. Does anyone have any first > hand experiences, caveats, warnings, or commendations for this server if > it is to use FreeBSD 4.9 as a dns/radius/website with extensive > PostgreSQL database usage. > > PowerEdge 2650 > Processor 2x Intel Xeon 2.4GHz > Memory 1.0GB DDR, 2X512 DIMMS > Hard Drive Backplane 5 Bay (1x5) Hot Plug SCSI Hard Drive Backplane > Hard Drive Configuration On-Board RAID 5 > 1st Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > 2nd Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > 3rd Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > 4th Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > 5th Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI > Primary Controller PERC3-DI, 128MB Battery Backed Cache, 2 Internal Ch- > Embedded RAID > Floppy Drive 1.44MB Diskette Drive > First Network Adapter Intel Pro 100S NIC w/ or w/o IP SEC Encryption > Optical Device 24X IDE Internal CD ROM > Power Supplies Redundant Power Supply, without Y-cord > Rack Rails VersaRails for Non-Dell 4-Post Rack
I've two similar 2650 systems (diffferences are: 5x73 GB RAID 5, Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet) running FreeBSD 4.9 without any problem. Regards Konrad Heuer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"