Re: I just want a decent server!

Hi Simon,

Thanks....

Well, I have contacted 6 of the people on the list so far.
I guess I'll have to expand the search.

I did look at Supermicro, and I think the closest I
might get is the 6013P-8+ ... No redundant power but I'll live.
Am I stupid to hold out for plain old Xeon? Am I being too "old
school" trying to stay with SCSI?

One thing I run into is that I want 2 different SCSI
controllers/channels. One needs to run 4 internal drives in either
RAID-10 or RAID-5, and another (PCI card) has to run an external
RAID box via plain old SCSI.

The other issue is I run into people who are just order
takers, and trying to get a tech is close to impossible.

As you can see, I'm incredibly frustrated. I'm a server
down right now, all I want is someone to say "Sure, thats not a
problem, it'll ship tonite" and when I get it its what I need
and won't have any glitches running FreeBSD 5.X

Thanks, Tuc


You're contacting wrong people, I never had an issue like the one you
describe. There is a list of FreeBSD vendors on freebsd.org you can
contact I had decent experience with supermicro servers. Check their
website. Dell and HP servers work fine, too. All have the type of server
you describe.

Don't leave messages, call until you find a company that answers their
phone during business hours.

-Simon

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:00:33 -0400 (EDT), Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:

Hi,

I'm having a heck of a time trying to find somewhere
responsible and responsive to buy a server from. It shouldn't be
a major deal, but it does seem to be. I'm looking to replace
an ASUS AP1600R-S5. I just want something that has the same
sort of setup (Dual Xeons, 4G mem in enough chips I can
remove 1/2 if there a memory issue suspected, 4 small
size hot swap drives), CD/floppy INTERNAL this time, I need a SCSI
on a different port/channel/etc externally for a RAID, and
a redundant power supply would be really nice.

Trying to get companies to contact me back and
get numbers that make sense is really problematic.

Am I asking for too much? Or too little? Or
too old (SCSI).

Thanks, Tuc

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