From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 28 15:04:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1133316A41F for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:04:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from yertle.kcilink.com (yertle.kcilink.com [65.205.34.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B565943D5C for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:03:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from [192.168.7.103] (host-103.int.kcilink.com [192.168.7.103]) by yertle.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37794B80D for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:03:59 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <00d501c5f3e0$c7a0b870$59ab3a40@sleuth> References: <00d501c5f3e0$c7a0b870$59ab3a40@sleuth> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0AE32D49-C916-44C1-B703-97A73EEBFA57@khera.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Vivek Khera Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:03:58 -0500 To: freebsd-stable X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Subject: Re: recomendations please for new freebsd development system X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:04:00 -0000 On Nov 28, 2005, at 12:58 AM, vizion wrote: > Would anyone be so bold as to make some recommendations for a reliable > motherboard/processor combination on the assumption that this is to > be a > dual processor system running freebsd 6.0 You definitely want something Opteron based for this kind of data volume. And I'd go with LSI Megaraid 4 channel SCSI RAID controller for your data connected to some Ultra 320 SCSI disks on multiple channels of the RAID card. As for vendors, I've yet to find a stable vendor. I have been working with one vendor trying to get a stable opteron system with 100 + GB RAID and so far have 1 out of 4 systems built for me be reliable and stable (and there were at least 3 motherboard and RAM swapouts on the failing systems too). These were Tyan K8SR (s2881) motherboards, and one was S2882 motherboard. Right now I'm evaluating Sun's opteron offerings for my future needs.