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Hi,

The company I work for use mainly FreeBSD servers, we are currently 
investigating investing in a new server with the following specs:

HP ProLiant DL380 G3 - Xeon 3.06 GHz
Type: Server
Form Factor: Rack-mountable - 2 U
Dimensions (WxDxH): 44.5 cm x 67.3 cm x 8.6 cm
Weight:27.2 kg
Localisation:Europe
Processor:1 x Intel Xeon 3.06 GHz
Cache Memory:512 KB L2 Cache
Cache Per Processor:512 KB
RAM:1 GB (installed) / 12 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM - ECC Chipkill - 266 MHz - 
PC2100
Storage Controller:RAID ( Ultra160 SCSI ) - PCI-X / 100 MHz ( Smart Array 5i 
Plus Controller )
Floppy Drive:3.5" 1.44 MB floppy
Hard Drive:None.
Optical Storage:CD-ROM
Monitor:None.
Graphics Controller:PCI - ATI RAGE XL - 8 MB
Networking:Network adapter - PCI-X - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit 
Ethernet
Power:AC 110/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Manufacturer Warranty:3 years warranty

Has anyone had any experiance running FreeBSD on a system such as this, My 
main concerns are really the Raid Array, ILo and Insight Manager, I know 
that FreeBSD has the Smart Array 5i supported through ciss, but we dont 
currently use either HP or Raid, The reseller has been as helpful as 
possible (bar giving us a server to play with) but support for FreeBSD at HP 
is obviously limited at best.

Any help would be appreciated, our only other alternative is to run RedHat 
or MS which are both supported by HP, We are preared to do that, but would 
much rather continue to use FreeBSD, it has served us extremely well and has 
proved to be a solid enviroment for our requirements.

Thanks for any help in advance

Alex

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