Dell 2650 config for FreeBSD 4.9

Dave lists-freebsd at hawk-systems.com
Sat Mar 20 18:57:04 PST 2004


We are in the position to have to replace an intel ISP1100 which has
been running as our primary server for some time. As a potential
replacement we are looking at a Dell 2650 dual processor raid5 server,
specs below.   Up until now, the ISP1100 with a P3 800 and 1GB of PC100
RAM has been handling the load like a fine workhorse, but anything
purhcased now is well beyond those specs.  Does anyone have any first
hand experiences, caveats, warnings, or commendations for this server if
it is to use FreeBSD 4.9 as a dns/radius/website with extensive
PostgreSQL database usage.

PowerEdge 2650
Processor 2x Intel Xeon 2.4GHz
Memory 1.0GB DDR, 2X512 DIMMS
Hard Drive Backplane 5 Bay (1x5) Hot Plug SCSI Hard Drive Backplane
Hard Drive Configuration On-Board RAID 5
1st Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI
2nd Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI
3rd Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI
4th Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI
5th Hard Drive 18GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI
Primary Controller PERC3-DI, 128MB Battery Backed Cache, 2 Internal Ch-
Embedded RAID
Floppy Drive 1.44MB Diskette Drive
First Network Adapter Intel Pro 100S NIC w/ or w/o IP SEC Encryption
Optical Device 24X IDE Internal CD ROM
Power Supplies Redundant Power Supply, without Y-cord
Rack Rails VersaRails for Non-Dell 4-Post Rack

Apprecite comments;

Dave




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