From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 7 15:37:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33E4D16A4E0 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:37:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B92BA43D53 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:37:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 474AF8A00C7; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:44:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 53213-01-45; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:44:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (unknown [10.10.10.17]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 207548A00BF; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:44:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B6A0900060F; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:37:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 192.168.0.10 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fcash) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca with HTTP; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:37:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <45656.192.168.0.10.1152286633.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <888F5D88060A214ABEFED0011CF186620117B8C9@LOUMLVEM03.e2k.ad.ge.com> References: <888F5D88060A214ABEFED0011CF186620117B8C9@LOUMLVEM03.e2k.ad.ge.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:37:13 -0700 (PDT) From: "Freddie Cash" To: "Gibson, Jasen (GE Indust, ConsInd, consultant)" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan S4881+M4881, SMP, 128GB RAM support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fcash@ocis.net List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:37:26 -0000 On Fri, July 7, 2006 8:23 am, Gibson, Jasen (GE Indust, ConsInd, consultant) wrote: > Hey Steve, are the drives on the SATA controller? I'm looking at a > couple Tyan's for production use as well, S28xx or S38xx series, and > the SATA/SATA II chipsets are the only thing that worry me. Not > seeing any promising experiences on the compatibility list on the > freebsd.org website. If I know at least one person has that SATA > chipset working fine, I'll feel much safer. The SATA controller on the S2881 and S2882 work fine with FreeBSD 6.1. I didn't stress test our machines too much, but running in plain non-RAID mode, I didn't run into any problems. They are Silicon Image 3114 chipsets, not the greatest, but they work. Most of our servers using these motherboards run everthing off a 3Ware Escalade 9550SX RAID controller, and run Debian Linux. But we do have one system running FreeBSD 6.1 using two SATA drives plugged into the onboard SATA controller, using atacontrols RAID1 features. It's been running for a week now without any problems, acting as a router, firewall, and SSH proxy. Nothing disk-IO heavy, but still running well. ---- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net