advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
Hello Gurus, Since few years back and im on FBSD 4.8-R for commercial use. Its time to move on. I have two Questions, and kindly looking for answers, specialy that hosting company contract is (NO support for FreeBSd), So i have to becareful again, just like what I did to the 4.8-R For a commercial use server 1) Which version do you recommend, shall I go for 7.0-R ? or 6.3-R. 2) Hosting company hardware is * Single Intel E6300 CORE 2 DUO 1.86Ghz /1066MHz FSB /2MB L2 Cache* 2GB DDR2 RAM* 2x 250GB/7200 RPM Serial ATA Drives - Hot Swap; RAID1* 3Ware 8006-2LP SATA RAID Controller* 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports Any of the above parts incompatabile with FreeBSD, or it has any bug ? do you recommend something else? They didnot mention the brand of ethernet ports, from my experince I will go for Linksys, any better recomendations ? THANKS ALOT. Marwan Sultan. _ Get Free (PRODUCT) RED™ Emoticons, Winks and Display Pics. http://joinred.spaces.live.com?ocid=TXT_HMTG_prodredemoticons_052008___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Long Story wrote: | Hello Gurus, | | Since few years back and im on FBSD 4.8-R for commercial use. | Its time to move on. | | I have two Questions, and kindly looking for answers, specialy that hosting company | contract is (NO support for FreeBSd), So i have to becareful again, just like what I did | to the 4.8-R | | For a commercial use server | 1) Which version do you recommend, shall I go for 7.0-R ? | or 6.3-R. 7 is quite good and 6.3 is the end of the line for the 6 series so I say go with 7 | | 2) Hosting company hardware is |* Single Intel E6300 CORE 2 DUO 1.86Ghz /1066MHz FSB /2MB L2 Cache* 2GB DDR2 RAM* 2x 250GB/7200 RPM Serial ATA Drives - Hot Swap; RAID1* 3Ware 8006-2LP SATA RAID Controller* 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports I can't speak for the storage system but everything else looks fine | | Any of the above parts incompatabile with FreeBSD, or it has any bug ? | do you recommend something else? | | They didnot mention the brand of ethernet ports, from my experince I will go for | Linksys, any better recomendations ? Ever since cisco bought linksys the quality has been going down. | | |THANKS ALOT. |Marwan Sultan. | _ | Get Free (PRODUCT) RED™ Emoticons, Winks and Display Pics. | http://joinred.spaces.live.com?ocid=TXT_HMTG_prodredemoticons_052008___ | freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions | To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkglZMsACgkQk8GFzCrQm4DFAACgxQjrblhQS0x3qsmPtduuNBRb OjYAoLKByRjQwN4dXC98KplG7w14vZfO =5xiP -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
to the 4.8-R if your things work fine - keep as is don't change both software and hardware. For a commercial use server 1) Which version do you recommend, shall I go for 7.0-R ? or 6.3-R. 6.3 2) Hosting company hardware is * Single Intel E6300 CORE 2 DUO 1.86Ghz /1066MHz FSB /2MB L2 Cache* 2GB DDR2 RAM* 2x 250GB/7200 RPM Serial ATA Drives - Hot Swap; RAID1* 3Ware 8006-2LP SATA RAID Controller* 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports Any of the above parts incompatabile with FreeBSD, or it has any bug ? check what ethernet ports are. other should work fine. They didnot mention the brand of ethernet ports if it's realteks, marvell etc. you will have a problems ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
Ever since cisco bought linksys the quality has been going down. well - were linksys EVER making good products? i don't remember. i know linksys from - crappy radio access points that hangs every few hours (WET-11 is exception), similar or worse network cards, and switches that hangs every SLIGHT power supply instability. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wojciech Puchar wrote: |to the 4.8-R | | if your things work fine - keep as is don't change both software and hardware. | | |For a commercial use server |1) Which version do you recommend, shall I go for 7.0-R ? |or 6.3-R. | | 6.3 | | |2) Hosting company hardware is | * Single Intel E6300 CORE 2 DUO 1.86Ghz /1066MHz FSB /2MB L2 Cache* 2GB DDR2 RAM* 2x 250GB/7200 RPM Serial ATA Drives - Hot Swap; RAID1* 3Ware 8006-2LP SATA RAID Controller* 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports | |Any of the above parts incompatabile with FreeBSD, or it has any bug ? | check what ethernet ports are. other should work fine. | |They didnot mention the brand of ethernet ports | | if it's realteks, marvell etc. you will have a problems re(4) seems to be fine with most of them now under 7 | ___ | freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions | To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkgld30ACgkQk8GFzCrQm4A+pwCg4nj6adxBmFbHBvPTjiAtFYVU Yb4AnjFn7Slfra7RjoMxXApuaIwR+w3s =G8CW -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
| if it's realteks, marvell etc. you will have a problems re(4) seems to be fine with most of them now under 7 you mean it's IP checksums turned off by default in freebsd 7? if i turn it off in FreeBSD 6.3 - it works too. but you CAN NOT do ifconfig re0 down and ifconfig re0 up after 5-15 times it will lockup. now i use it at 100Mbps in one server, following this 2 things, works for a month now. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wojciech Puchar wrote: | | if it's realteks, marvell etc. you will have a problems | | re(4) seems to be fine with most of them now under 7 | | you mean it's IP checksums turned off by default in freebsd 7? | | if i turn it off in FreeBSD 6.3 - it works too. but you CAN NOT do ifconfig re0 down and ifconfig re0 up | | after 5-15 times it will lockup. | | | now i use it at 100Mbps in one server, following this 2 things, works for a month now. | I am using 8-CURRENT and no such issue. Details: uname: FreeBSD ool-435559b8.dyn.optonline.net 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #3: Fri May 9 01:10:47 EDT 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MONSTER amd64 /etc/rc: #!/bin/sh PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin sysctl net.inet.udp.blackhole=1 sysctl net.inet.tcp.blackhole=2 swapon -a fsck -p mount -rw / mount -a kldload /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko hostname ool-435559b8.dyn.optonline.net ifconfig re0 192.168.2.2 ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 route add default 192.168.2.1 named inetd noip2 /usr/sbin/sshd ntpdate north-america.pool.ntp.org cupsd sendmail -bd -q1m apachectl start moused -t auto -p /dev/ums0 vidcontrol -m on Relevent portions of dmesg: re0: RealTek 8168/8111B PCIe Gigabit Ethernet port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem 0xfebff000-0xfebf irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci4 miibus0: MII bus on re0 rgephy0: RTL8169S/8110S/8211B media interface PHY 1 on miibus0 rgephy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto re0: Ethernet address: 00:19:db:b5:f8:0f re0: [FILTER] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkgly7kACgkQk8GFzCrQm4AxFQCbBJWm/JHHxzwLC/xTPrFAHAgL T6sAn0x3+6rJeiFRO30HvCsOMoKiHGMu =I3k/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
Wojciech Puchar wrote: to the 4.8-R if your things work fine - keep as is don't change both software and hardware. For a commercial use server 1) Which version do you recommend, shall I go for 7.0-R ? or 6.3-R. 6.3 2) Hosting company hardware is * Single Intel E6300 CORE 2 DUO 1.86Ghz /1066MHz FSB /2MB L2 Cache* 2GB DDR2 RAM* 2x 250GB/7200 RPM Serial ATA Drives - Hot Swap; RAID1* 3Ware 8006-2LP SATA RAID Controller* 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports Any of the above parts incompatabile with FreeBSD, or it has any bug ? check what ethernet ports are. other should work fine. They didnot mention the brand of ethernet ports if it's realteks, marvell etc. you will have a problems ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aloha. From my own experience: Realtek pci 1000 8169 re0 work fine and are stable. The TrendNet brand has corrected the previous issues with the on board cards. These 8169 cards are plug in pci that work fine (not on board). ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
FreeBSD ool-435559b8.dyn.optonline.net 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #3: Fri May 9 01:10:47 EDT 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MONSTER amd64 nice /etc/rc :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: advice needed regarding OS Hardware.
From my own experience: Realtek pci 1000 8169 re0 work fine and are stable. The TrendNet brand has corrected the previous issues with the on board cards. These 8169 cards are plug in pci that work fine (not on board). possibly newer (fixed) chip revision. 100Mbit/s realteks now are all fine too, after long long time since first were made. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
