Experiences with 1950 and 2950

[Matt Domsch]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 12:41:15PM +0200, Robert Gravsj? wrote:
> Hi guys!
> 
> We're looking to replace PE2850 as our hardware platform and so we're
> looking at either 1950 or 2950. We're using Gentoo as OS.
> 
> What's your experience with these machines?
> Is there any special pitfalls to avoid in choosing hardware configuration?
> 
> _Any_ comments about experiences with these machine will be helpful and
> comparison between 2850 and 2950 or 1950 would be awesome.

Just make sure you read these:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/osrhel4/en/index.htm
http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/nic-enum-whitepaper.pdf

for most of the known gotchas with RHEL4 and salt to taste for Gentoo.

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Matt Domsch
Software Architect
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