Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:34:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> Cc: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> Subject: Re: OT Hardware reccomendtions (need MB for Dual Opterons) Message-ID: <20050225183149.W32072@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e0502241958501f8f6a@mail.gmail.com> References: <000201c51a83$73157070$6800000a@r3140ca> <2fd864e0502241958501f8f6a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Astrodog wrote: > > 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 > Tyan S2850s and S2882s have run great for me. For some reason, the BGE > nic does much better on -STABLE though. *shrug* I've got a S2881 on the bench right now that we'll be putting through its paces against an Intel Nacona-based S5360. FreeBSD went on the S2881 without issues, but has ATA problems on the S5360. The S2881 has a SiI 3114 controller, but if you turn that off and use the 3ware then it shouldn't be a problem :-) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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