Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:04:52 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> Subject: Re: OT Hardware reccomendtions (need MB for Dual Opterons) Message-ID: <20050226040452.GA21842@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20050225183149.W32072@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <000201c51a83$73157070$6800000a@r3140ca> <2fd864e0502241958501f8f6a@mail.gmail.com> <20050225183149.W32072@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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> We've got several dual opteron boxes now running FreeBSD, (they've > been great thus far btw), and we're looking to add a few more... > Problem seems to be that the motherboard we've been using is quite > difficult to obtain, so does anyone have any good suggestions > towards another? Here's the configuration as we're using now: > > Dual AMD Opteron 246 CPU MSI K8D Master3-FA4R ( > http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8D_Master3-FA4R&class=s > pd ) 2 GB ECC Registered PC2700 (DDR333) Memory 3Ware Escalade > 9500s-4LP RAID Controller 250GB WDC RAID Edition Hardrives For a 1U system, I would definately go with the Tyan Thunder K8SR (S2881) http://www.tyan.com/products/html/opteron.html It is the only Taiwan 2P Opteron motherboard with the CPU sockets and DIMM slots properly positioned for 1U termals. It only has 8 DIMM slots, so you loose one of the nice things about the Master3-FAR -- the 12 DIMM slots. My second choice is a tie between the Tyan Thunder K8S Pro (S2882) and Iwill DK8S2-SATA/DK8S2 (http://www.iwill.net/product_adns.asp). -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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