I just put one of these into service running NetBSD 5: - SuperMicro SuperServer 6016T-T - Dual Intel Xeon E5640 - 12 GB DDR3 ECC Registered memory - Dual WD VelociRaptor 450 GB SATA Hard Drives The cost was 3,187.00 through a SuperMicro Reseller. I didn't go with HW raid, but, it's an option. On 10/07/2011 04:40 PM, Greg A. Woods wrote: > I'd like to get advice, anecdotes, stories of success or failure, > etc. from folks running NetBSD-5.x on the latest available top-end i386 > or amd64 servers. Preferably some big-iron name brand with world-wide > sales and warranty support. > > I'm looking to build a small cluster of 2-4 servers with 2-4 sockets > each (4-16 cores each), 64-bit addressing for lots of RAM (8GB-16GB or > more), decently fast but rugged storage (hardware RAID with in-firmware > RAID management), possibly external SAN-like storage as well. 2 x GigE, > of course, some kind of remote console (ideally serial or working IPMI > SOL), USB, etc. > > All of the on-board hardware, including especially management and > maintenance hardware (health and environment monitoring), remote access, > etc., must be supported well enough to be used reliably in production. > > I'm thinking of using Xen, though that's not yet firm (I'd use it in a > heartbeat if there was domU SMP support, and/or if I could use Remus). > > I.e. they don't have to be huge massive systems -- but reasonably > powerful, brand-new under-warranty, and easily available world-wide, as > they won't be purchased or be running anywhere near North America or > Europe (or Japan, etc. either). > > Initially HP was suggested as a vendor, but I'm extremely suspicious of > how well their small to mid-range servers can by supported by NetBSD-5. > > I would be equally worried about current IBM offerings. > > Dell servers seemed, to me, to have had a better record of being fully > supported, especially brand new ones at release date. R510? R710? > > -- John R. Shannon, CISSP JTRS HMS - DSCI john.r.shannon%us.army.mil@localhost (208)522-4506
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