Dell PowerEdge R210 II
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I am about to purchase a new Dell server for use with pfSense 2.0 and am wondering if anyone ran into issues using this server or have recommendations on what to choose in it.
I am not sure what Raid controller to pick; Perc S100 or S300 or the H200
Should I use the built-in broadcom Nic's or switch to Intel?
What is better supported: Intel XEON or I3?I plan on getting SATA drives - 250GB each in Raid 1 using one of the controllers mentioned above.
Thanks for any info!
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Hi,
I have two of them (http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,37682.0.html) and they running fine with the latest amd64 snapshots. So I choose the XEON instead of the i3, because they have the aes-ni instruction set (hopefully it is supported in 2.1), but both of them are supported in pfsense. I use the onboard sata controller with two hdds (buy a second hdd on the free market) with gmirror install option, and use the free pcie slot for a quad intel nic.
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I will make the adjustment to XEON and Intel Nic's as suggested. For the drive controller would you recommend PERC S100, S300 or the H200? We want to run Raid 1 and I see on Dell's site that they say S100 / S300 are only supported in Windows. I am assuming the H200 is hardware raid… but does pfSense support it?
Thanks.
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As I said, i use the onboard controller (I don't know the name of it) with two HDDs and make a software raid1 with pfsense gmirror install option. So you don't need any special driver or controller for it.
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Hi there,
how did you install pfSense onto the HDDs connected to the H200 controller? My pfSense installation hangs after switching into the install ncurses dialog.
Regards, Tim