Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:52:28 -0500 From: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> To: Rob Ellis <rob@web.ca> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard w/ ECC? Message-ID: <20040329135228.A38644@cons.org> In-Reply-To: <20040326183405.GD34158@web.ca>; from rob@web.ca on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 01:34:06PM -0500 References: <20040326183405.GD34158@web.ca>
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Rob Ellis wrote on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 01:34:06PM -0500: > How important is ECC ram for a FreeBSD server? We've gone with Asus > motherboards in the past, but most new ones don't support ECC... > > If ECC is important, any recommendations for a motherboard that supports > AMD Athlon + ECC? The Intel 875 chipset supports it, 865 and below do not. I have this mainboard in my server: ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE and two Kingston KVR400X72C3A/512 modules. Runs fine in dual-channel and ECC. Very satisfied with that board. Also has non-PCI (CSA) gigabit Ethernet and a lot of other junk, e.g. a SATA controller supported by FreeBSD-4.9 (the in-chipset one, the additional one on the board needs FreeBSD-5.x). http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-e_d/overview.HTM As for needing it: the error rate of intact modern RAM is very low, there is certainly less need for ECC than there was 10 years ago. I am still using ECC to guard myself against the hardware getting old, e.g. a piece of dust in the socket after fiddling with it turning bits. Plus ECC RAM is basically the same price. I have a question for those in the know: if my module corrects a one-bit error, will FreeBSD report that? Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ No warranty. This email is probably produced by one of my cats stepping on the keys. No, I don't have an infinite number of cats.
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