Hardware Compatibility

Fri May 7 03:44:02 UTC 2010

On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 09:27:44AM -0400, David emmel wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have a quick question about server hardware compatibility. We're looking to buy a replacement server and the HP ProLiant DL320 G6 E5502 was listed as a possible option.
> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06b/15351-15351-3328412-241644-241475-3929672-3942218-3942219.html 
> 
> The FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE hardware list doesn't list the included Smart Array B110i SATA RAID controller as compatible so I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this hardware.

It looks like as if the B110i is nothing else but an Intel ICH10 raid chip.
Rebadged and "optional" raid levels.

You could always just add another controller, even a none HP one, the
connectors they use are standard.

> 
> Alternatively if anyone has recommendations of a different model or brand of server that is more compatible in the $2500 range, please let me know. We use it for simple web development for a group of 12 people and run samba, apache, php, mysql
> 
> Thank you for your time,
> David
> 
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