Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:02:47 -0400 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: designing new freebsd server for amd64 arch Message-ID: <d8e41c542eabf33e84258cb134360ba4@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.62.0504191117280.435799@lib-eth.natur.cuni.cz> References: <Pine.OSF.4.62.0504191117280.435799@lib-eth.natur.cuni.cz>
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On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:19 AM, David Komanek wrote: > Now I prefer: > Tyan Thunder K8WE, S2895A2NRF > 2x AMD Opteron 250 Box > Adaptec 2130SLP No experience with these; the LSI 320-2X has been extremely reliable for us. > 4x Hitachi 3.5" 73.4 GB (SCSI Ultra 320),10 000 rpm If you can push yourself to 15kRPM drives, you'll be happier... > HP DLT 40/80 > 2x Gb LAN - I plan use the on-board ones Run away!!! Run away!!! Run from the onboard bge ethernet! Buy a nice intel dual gigabit ethernet card use that. turn off the bge via the bios. They will lock your system or cause other problems under heavy disk+network load.
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