FreeBSD support for HP DL180/G5

[Subhro]

HP produces pretty good boxes and historically I have been able to get them
working without any troubles. However I would say DL180 is a pretty non
customizable box. The hardware works perfectly with FreeBSD 7.0. I didnt try
it with 6.3, so cant comment on that.

However I would say DL380 is a better off. The main advantage of DL3xx boxes
are there is a lot of room to play with add-on cards. Also not all the
latest and greatest processors are available with DL1xx family of servers.

Also make sure that you go for an external RAID controller like 3ware or
Areca. I prefer Areca more :-D. The HP RAID controller cant take the beating
I give to it.

Thanks
Subhro

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Josef Grosch <jgrosch at mooseriver.com>wrote:

>
> Does anyone have experience running FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x on an HP DL180/G5?
> The company I work for is looking to get a number of these to be put in
> production. Your general impressions would be a good start.
>
>
>
> Josef
>
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