Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:18:35 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Terry Kennedy <terry@tmk.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help me select hardware and software options for very large server Message-ID: <74082E20-648A-4B60-AB09-E89CAF0BBB2E@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <01N4NEOEB7LY00EQWX@tmk.com> References: <01N4NEOEB7LY00EQWX@tmk.com>
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Hi, On 24 Jan 2009, at 02:30, Terry Kennedy wrote: > [...] > o Motherboard - Intel S5000PSLSATAR > o CPU - 2x Intel Xeon E5450 BX80574E5450P We're using plenty of the closely related S5000PAL m/b with various Xeons and we're very happy with them. > p Remote management - Intel Remote Management Module 2 - AXXRM2 We tried this and decided it's not worth having (vs the piggybacked IPMI on that m/b). We found that RMM's power control sometimes doesn't work (usually when you need it!). Also it's very tricky indeed to use down an ssh tunnel. OTOH if you need the remote device functionality there's not really any alternative. Can't comment to the rest of your list, except that ZFS is definitely the way to go. -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk
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