Hardware Suggestions

Hi List,

I have a modest budget (less than $4K) to purchase a server
that I  
would like to run FreeBSD on. I am an educational customer
so I can  
get a little bit of a discount.

I need a system that will act as a host for my subversion
repository  
and as the 'lab' web server (mix of static and dynamic
pages) for me  
and my students. I will also need to use the system to host
MySQL and  
PostgreSQL databases for students when I teach database
courses. On  
occasion, a little bit of number crunching (triangular mesh 

processing) is done but nothing too terrible.

I would like at least 4GB of RAM and at least two CPU cores.
My  
storage needs right now are modest (10 GB) but I expect this
to grow  
by at least 1 GB per semester.

Currently I'm eyeing a Sun Fire X4200 M2, HP ProLiant DL365
or a Dell  
2950. If anyone has any feedback or suggestions I would
greatly  
appreciate it.

Michael
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dell has fantastic customer service.

other people may feel differently, but we use all dell for
our 100
or so rack mount servers.

Dean

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:42:06 -0800, Michael Shafae
<mshafaefullerton.edu>
wrote:
> 
> Hi List,
> 
> I have a modest budget (less than $4K) to purchase a
server that I
> would like to run FreeBSD on. I am an educational
customer so I can
> get a little bit of a discount.
> 
> I need a system that will act as a host for my
subversion repository
> and as the 'lab' web server (mix of static and dynamic
pages) for me
> and my students. I will also need to use the system to
host MySQL and
> PostgreSQL databases for students when I teach database
courses. On
> occasion, a little bit of number crunching (triangular
mesh
> processing) is done but nothing too terrible.
> 
> I would like at least 4GB of RAM and at least two CPU
cores. My
> storage needs right now are modest (10 GB) but I expect
this to grow
> by at least 1 GB per semester.
> 
> Currently I'm eyeing a Sun Fire X4200 M2, HP ProLiant
DL365 or a Dell
> 2950. If anyone has any feedback or suggestions I would
greatly
> appreciate it.
> 
> Michael
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