Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 08:02:04 -0400 From: "Toll, Eric" <etoll@vipstructures.com> To: <gnn@freebsd.org>, "Steve Kargl" <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: iWill ZMaxDP Message-ID: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A944E4D33@VIP10-WIN2K>
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> At Thu, 12 May 2005 20:36:26 -0700, > Steve Kargl wrote: > >=20 > > On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:32:14PM -0400, gnn@freebsd.org wrote: > > > So, I'm considering doing 2P work on FreeBSD-CURRENT with=20 > the above=20 > > > box. Specs: > > >=20 > > > nVIDIA nForce3 Professional MCP > > >=20 > > > TI IEEE1394 TSB43AB22PDT Host Controller > > >=20 > > > Marvell 88E1111 PHY > > >=20 > > > Native nVIDIA Ethernet MAC > > >=20 > > > I saw some issues in the mailing list in January but I'm=20 > wondering=20 > > > how this box is working lately. > > >=20 > >=20 > > Buyer beware. Read the last 4 months of the mailing list. >=20 > I read over that. Perhaps I should be more specific. This=20 > if for kernel hacking on 2P machine at home. I'd prefer a=20 > small, quiet, 2P machine as I will get murdered if I put a=20 > loud machine in the living room ;-) So, it's not a desktop=20 > machine, and it will be running the bleeding edge. >=20 > Any recommendations given the previous comments? >=20 It sounds like you already bought the box, or already have it. If not, = I just built one out of components and its *very* quiet. (See: My proposed = 3ware system) Cost was about $1800.00 and this included dual Opteron 242's a = 64Bit 3Ware Raid controller, (2) 250Gb SATA RAID Edition drives and a nice = Antec 550Watt EATX case. System is Gigabyte board GA-7A8DW with AMD chipset. = You could make the price even lower if you removed the extra drive, the = expensive RAM and the RAID controller. It runs like a bought one! HTH Eric
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