[Fwd: Re: looking for a FreeBSD hardware solution for a web

[Per Engelbrecht]

Hi Lanny

Since you're addressing me directly, it's only fair that I give you the
answer - and Randy quite frankly, that black-list-comment was'nt called
for.

When I wrote to Olaf I did'nt have your company in mind, period!
Yes, I've seen your site before and yes I support the BSD community
both as a privat per$on, and through my job as sys.adm. at a hosting
company. I even have the privilege of being board-member at the
bsd-dk.dk (europe>scandinavia>denmark)

Of course I'll remember you when I answer mails in the future. My
mistake. By the way, do you have any local retailers in .dk or just
nearby e.g. .se, .de ??
When I need a box (and I use just as many OpenBSD installations as I do
FreeBSD) I expect to have it within days!
Can you do that ?

I need to know if I'm going to do any advocacy for you.


respectfully
/per
per at xterm.dk




> I am just wondering why you would tell someone to go to the
> companies you mention below when it is our company, FreeBSD
> Systems, that supports FreeBSD as in breaking the 4gb memory and
> other fixes we have paid FreeBSD core team members for and then
> gave that code back to the
> FreeBSD community.
>
> It is stuff like what is seen below that makes us think 'why
> support the FreeBSD community when the community does not wish to
> support us'.
>
> Just my 3 cents
>
> Lanny
>
>
> On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 10:36, Per Engelbrecht wrote:
>> Hi Juan
>> I'm not sure what you mean by '2 GB Network'. If you're looking
>> for some exotic high-powered nic, then look at;
>> http://www.myri.com/
>> or
>> http://www.astutenetworks.com/content/product/superhba.htm
>>
>> Are you sure you mean FreeBSD 4.6 ?
>> If yes, then why - if I may be so bold to ask. RELENG_4_6_RELEASE
>> is'nt even updated anymore, if I recall it right.
>>
>> If you're going to by new hardware from one of the big
>> manufactures, then why choose SUN hardware for a BSD installation
>> ? (unless you have an urge to $pend money)
>> About the rest of your spec., you'll have to visit a few site
>> yourself e.g. www.ibm.com, www.hp.com et al.
>> There's nothing exotic about your spec. and all the manufactures
>> can meet you needs.
>> I have not come across a single IBM/COMPAQ/HP server-box that
>> did'nt run FreeBSD out-of-the-box.
>> Allright, allright, allright. Yes I've had two problems!  One with
>> a Compaq WOL card and second, with an IBM RAID-controller. Both
>> looong ago.
>>
>>
>>
>> respectfully
>> /per
>> per at xterm.dk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I am looking for a FreeBSD 4.6 hardware solutions for a web
>> > server farm. My servers spec are as follow:
>> >
>> > 	1) FreeBSD 4.6
>> > 	2) Xeon 2.8 GHz
>> > 	3) 2048 MB RAM
>> > 	4) 36GB SCSI
>> > 	5) 2 GB Network
>> >
>> > Does anyone know about any hardware solution (SUN or HP or
>> > anyother ) that it works under these specs
>> >
>> > thanks for all your help
>> >
>> >
>> > Juan R Andrew
>> > Cadmus Specialty Publications
>> > Sr. Digital Integration Specialist
>> > 804-261-3032  direct
>> > Cadmus MediaWorks Division
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