FreeBSD 4 on HP PROLIANT DL320 G5

[Rainer Duffner]

Am 07.04.2008 um 23:35 schrieb Aram Gabrielyan:
>
>    Dear All,
>    can you suggest RAID 1 controller that is compatible both with the
>    configuration bellow and FreeBSD 4? or suggest any hardware
>    configuration compatible with FreeBSD 4, which meets the  
> requirements
>    bellow. Any information is greatly appreciated!
>    configuration:
>    HP PROLIANT DL320 G5


Last supported OOTB is G4. AFAIK.
G5=Game Over.
You'll probably run into all sorts of problems.

>    SINGLE INTEL XEON 2.4GHZ DUAL CORE 3060
>    4GB RAM PC5300 UB MEMORY
>    2 X 500GB HARD DRIVES RAID 1 ( NONE HP )
>    requirements:
>    1. The server must have at least 4 GB of memory (tell me how  
> much for
>    extra 2 GB memory)


FreeBSD4 is not 64bit. Thus, anything beyond 4GB is pointless and  
will be ignored.
Forget about PAE.


>    2. The server must have two SATA disks of 500 GB ea.
>    3. Must have RAID 1
>    4. Must be compatible with FreeBSD 4
>    5. Must include 19" rack mounting kit
>


I'd go for a single-core Opteron (those offer the highest non-SMP  
performance) on something else than a NForce Chipset ;-)
Maybe the first generation DL145 or so. Or DL365 - but I don't know  
about that.

I've not tried running RELENG_4 on such old kit.


What purpose is this for, if I may ask?


cheers,
Rainer
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Rainer Duffner
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