Dell 2650 config for FreeBSD 4.9

[Konrad Heuer]

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Dave wrote:

> 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

I've two similar 2650 systems (diffferences are: 5x73 GB RAID 5, Broadcom
Gigabit Ethernet) running FreeBSD 4.9 without any problem.

Regards

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