From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 20 17:29:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28EC416A41F for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:29:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ke.han@redstarling.com) Received: from smtp102.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp102.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B4E1A43D62 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:29:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ke.han@redstarling.com) Received: (qmail 17558 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2005 17:29:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.2?) (jhancock@patternware.com@218.79.207.191 with plain) by smtp102.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Oct 2005 17:29:26 -0000 Message-ID: <4357D3FA.3090304@redstarling.com> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:29:30 +0800 From: "ke.han" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: freeBSD 6 server motherboard recommendation ?? 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, 20 Oct 2005 17:29:28 -0000 Dear List, Yes I know this is an often asked question and there is lots of info on the web. But I have been reading for 6 hours and my head is swimming and I'm still am not closer to an answer. I need to get a freeBSD 6 server in production in less than a week and don't have the skills to tweak and ensure the hardware is running optimally. So I need recommendations for a server motherboard that works well out of the box. In summary: I need a rock solid server motherboard for freeBSD 6 with the following characteristics: 1 - 2 x CPU (Pentium or Opteron is ok with me) 2 - SATA (2 ports supporting RAID 1). If this is not possible, please recommend an add-on card that will do the job. 3 - 2 x Gig Ethernet ports (I have read many things about some Ethernet controller/drivers working better than others. I need great throughput without tweaking the freeBSD install) 4 - RAM (As long as the mobo is modern, the RAM choices should be fast enough) thanks, ke han