From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 18:50:53 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E9F016A401 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:50:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D3C313C43E for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:50:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f31so288397pyh for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:50:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=AEwD+ro/hOpAk6vYCsIzft+VQ6AJbBwxcD19TSwUXAxumLkRIe6ei46y3kL/TOUrgBbXaPKmw28JwNIo4Y7Zvt8GYJKl35rqGdWEMtd3aOAYkKfFhYdYwocN8qOxNUx3peuDvuJJc68FQBIlD8A5Ddlwl+ZNFuJYvp7mKO1GsgY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=fKHI0051e9qFsZ1vJkhQtVy59+8kjd2T5/kH4dmP5H46eoYZ2g7sBMgT1rNBOaVXaszUJc4w3kXkOxg61CXYKVz9M/kG8ZgYjDvtPJ0HIdeq3L7Q8FYjV02AO/Lvu8+d+oUOW/cni/DvDe4yn+R8tIRf8pTE6tT/CYVNfqNOnUU= Received: by 10.65.105.3 with SMTP id h3mr4291404qbm.1175797451094; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.76.4 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <57d710000704051124y1241f9f9v27a870ae034a223@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:24:11 -0700 From: "pete wright" To: "Don O'Neil" In-Reply-To: <00e001c777a2$8fb5c490$0600020a@mickey> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <00e001c777a2$8fb5c490$0600020a@mickey> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SMP Hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:50:53 -0000 On 4/5/07, Don O'Neil wrote: > I'm getting ready to obsolete one of my old dual P2-800 servers and wanted > to get some suggestions from you all... I'm going to be building a new > server to replace it and need more power, but not a TON more power... > Something along the lines of dual 2.5 GHz processors with 4 GB RAM should be > more than enough. > > Any one have some suggestions for lower priced dual processor motherboards > and CPU combos? Athlon, Xeon, P4, whatever, doesn't really matter. I'd like > to hear from some of you who are actually using certain combos in production > and your experiences (good or bad) with them and FreeBSD 6.2. > I've had good luck with multi core processors esp. the Intel 5130's. They are a x86_64 capable CPU that will give you a SMP system in one socket. This should make the machine draw less power, require less cooling, and hopefully the motherboard will be less expensive than a multi-socket board. Not sure where you are located - but I saw an add for a Southern Californian Fry's that had the an "Intel Core2Duo" motherboard/cpu combo for pretty cheap (~$190US). I assume you can find similar deals on the 'net as well. Hope this helps! -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group