Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:13:46 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> To: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan alternatives cuz their support totally sucks Message-ID: <4390488A.9060708@wmptl.com> In-Reply-To: <20051201172828.5b25fdd4.kgunders@teamcool.net> References: <20051201172828.5b25fdd4.kgunders@teamcool.net>
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Ken Gunderson wrote: > Greetings List: > > I've been really quite happy w/the Tyan barebones systems I've deployed > the past few months. Until I needed support on a DOA TA26 barebones > unit. I'll spare you the gory details but the nightmare is ongoing. So > regardless of how much I like the product it pretty much isn't worth > jack in my book if support is piss poor when things go amiss. > > Which brings me to the task at hand. I need to deploy a front end > webserver. Had a Tyan unit on order but, as my dear old granddaddy > used to say; "Screw me once shame on you, screw me twice shame on me". > So I'm looking for recommendations on Super Micro (reported to have > good support- if you have experiences with them good/ bad then please > share cuz I don't want to go down that rabbit hole again...) barebones > units known to work well under FBSD-6.0? > > Requirements: > > 1) Single Opteron should suffice > 2) DDR400 ECC supported > 3) SATA disk subsystem will suffice 2 drive gmirror conf. 4 drive > would be bonus. SATA-II (or 3.0 I guess they're calling it now) > preferred. > > All this b.s. w/Tyan has chewed up far too much of my time so I need > something that will "just work" and not require any hardware > compatibility histrionics. > > TIA-- > I've always had good experiences with MSI boards/systems... generally well priced/featured and their support is pretty good. -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/
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