Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:50:28 -0800 From: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Request for Recommendations: media / transcode server Message-ID: <357BBFF0-E9B5-4E7A-AEAF-D600E722B425@panasas.com>
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:15:49 +0100
From: Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de>
To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Request for Recommendations: media / transcode server
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On 14.11.19 09:40, Ravi Pokala wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> For a few years, I've known that my media server's motherboard[1] was potentially vulnerable to a bricking issue[2]. It looks like that day has come. :-/
>
> Or it might just be "normal" old-age, since I've had the board for ~4.5 years.
>
> Either way, I find myself in need of a new motherboard. My requirements are:
>
> - 2C/4T amd64 (4C/8T preferred)
> - 2x DDR4 slots (4x preferred)
> - 6x SATA ports (8x preferred)
> - 2x 1GbE NICs
> - 1x 80mm M.2 slot (2x preferred, 110mm preferred)
> - 1x PCIe x8 slot (2x preferred)
> - BMC w/ dedicated NIC
>
> Suggestions?
I just ordered a X470D4U motherboard and Ryzen 3600X CPU.
* There are multiple Ryzen CPUs with 4 cores and SMT
* The board has four DIMM slots.
* The board has 8 SATA ports (6 connected to the chipset)
* The board has two M.2 slots with movable nuts
* The board has dual onboard gigabit NICs
* The board has 3 PCIe slots. The 16x slot downgrades to 8x if the
second 8x slot is populated.
* It is one of two AM4 boards with a BMC and a dedicated IPMI NIC.
I will assemble the system tonight and report back if you want to know
how it runs under FreeBSD 12.1.
I ended up getting an SMC A2SDi-4C-HLN4F, which fits my needs well enough. I ran into a bit of an issue when I put it together last night - my previous system was booting with legacy BIOS interfaces, but the new board defaulted to UEFI. That thought didn't occur to me until I was driving to work this morning, so I'll have to try changing that setting when I get home tonight.
Thanks for the offer, and enjoy the new system! :-)
-Ravi (rpokala@)
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