Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 09:39:18 -0400 From: Tyson Boellstorff <tysonb@pionet.net> To: abial@warman.org.pl Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Subject: SMP hardware recommendations Message-ID: <336DE306.623D@pionet.net>
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My company considers buying a new SMP machine for some CPU/disk-intensive tasks (similar to news server: searching and processing large quantities of text files), and I convinced them to give a try to FreeBSD. The idea behind it is to save some money on another Sun Ultra, if possible... What hardware would you recommend? Now I'm thinking about the following setup: * MB: 2xPPro 200MHz, 512kB cache, manufacturer: ???, chipset: ??? * RAM: 256 MB (EDO ???) * SCSI: Adaptec 2940U * HDD: ??? (ca. 8 GB total) * Network: Intel EtherExpress 10/100 (fxp driver) * other hardware is less important (i.e. floppy, graphics, keyboard...) And what do you think about performance of such a machine (comparing to Sun Ultra 1/140)? Gateway 2000 has released a board that should do this on Saturday. Comes with these chipsets on the board: 2940 UW, ATI Mach 64 GT, Intel Etherexpress Pro, Intel FX 440, and of course, it supports 2 200 Mhz PPro chips. Supports up to 512 Mb Ram, and you could order it with a 9 Gb Seagate SCSI hdd. The board is made by Intel. I plan on getting the board and trying it on FreeBSD in the next couple of weeks. The standard config is G6 200**2 with 64 MB EDO, 4 G SCSI hdd, 12x SCSI CD-ROM, 256k Internal cache. (As with all P6's, this is on the CPU chip, so you may want to bear that in mind) The standard config is with single processor, $599 for number two. You'd have to talk to Sales to see if they could save you the effort of dumping the 256 k 200 Mhz processor & order with 512's. As to performance, I've been told it flies. I'll render my own opinion after I get it going.
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