What is the newest Dell PowerEdge server generation that's "fully" supported by the latest NetBSD 10 release? By "fully" I mean the chipset and CPUs obviously, but also all the on-board key devices, including the RAID controller, USB interfaces, NICs, etc. The newest one I'm running is a R510, but that's now ancient. It generally works very well though! How about an R740? Frank Kardel reported various problems with one a couple of years ago, but as far as I can tell they were all resolved and his machine eventually worked well. There have been a couple other mentions of the R740 as well, so I assume people have been using them. I assume therefore the Perc H740 is supported. Is the BOSS card supported? R750's aren't yet coming down in price on the used market, at least not in Canada, but I'd also be interested in knowing how well they, or newer generations, are supported. Sticking with servers with many-core Intel CPUs, how about more recent HP servers? I've had bad luck with them in the past, but maybe they're better in more recent generations? IBM? For some reason I'm not so comfortable with the likes of SuperMicro, Gigabyte, and similar systems, though maybe they are better engineered than they once were? Dell and HP servers seem to be the most widely available in the used Intel server market these days though. -- Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost> Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <woods%robohack.ca@localhost> Planix, Inc. <woods%planix.com@localhost> Avoncote Farms <woods%avoncote.ca@localhost>
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