Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:36:57 -0600 (MDT) From: Kevin Van Maren <vanmaren@fast.cs.utah.edu> To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org, scrappy@hub.org Subject: Re: Quad-PIII...exists? Message-ID: <199909151936.NAA09306@fast.cs.utah.edu>
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> Hi all... > > We're looking at upgrading one of our servers heree at work form a > Sparc to an x86...right now, I'm really trying to push a FreeBSD vs > Solaris server, so am trying to configure the server in such a way that I > can go either way... > > ASUS doesn't make a dual-PIII motherboard yet, and IBM has a > Quad-PIII server...but IBM is over-priced, IMHO... What? How about the P2B-D(S) It should worh with a PII or PIII. PIII processors use the same MBs as the PII. > Any recommendations? Dual-PIII would be enough, but I'd love to > have the Quad capabilities for future upgrades at little cost...if > possible? Quad => Xeon => $$$. If it is going in a server, I'd recommend the Intel L440GX+ motherboard, since it has DUAL PCI busses. FreeBSD 3.2 runs on it just fine (although it doesn't recognize the AGP->PCI bridge for the 2 66MHz PCI slots, they work great). It's not so badly priced, when you consider the dual-channel Adaptec scsi and integrated ethernet (and 2MB video). It's also pretty cool because you can redirect the BIOS display to an ANSI terminal (ie, xterm window running `tip'). That is a nice feature for a server to have (run completly headless). Kevin Van Maren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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