[OpenIndiana-discuss] [OmniOS-discuss] Shopping for an all-in-one server

[Ian Collins]

Jonathan Adams wrote:
> On 3 June 2014 17:18, ken mays via openindiana-discuss <
> openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> Point is there are a few options and custom servers or the cheap ones on
>> eBay for <$500 (i.e. Dell R710 or similar)...
>>
> minor nit.  the Dell R710's have Broadcom network cards that didn't play
> nice in Solaris 10, needing a reboot to fix them when they decided to
> suddenly stop.
>
> they seem more stable in OI, but I feel it's worth mentioning.

My experience was the opposite, they worked OK in Solaris 11, but were 
unreliable with Illumos...

Well worth avoiding, Dell will swap them for Intel, at least they do on 
720s.

-- 
Ian.