From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 19:08:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 823E016A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:08:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C32AD43D2F for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:08:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B655172DBF; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:08:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D6972DB5; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:08:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:08:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Jonathan Insell In-Reply-To: <000801c3db89$c3230300$5871b88b@chrisdean> Message-ID: <20040115190628.H87098@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <000801c3db89$c3230300$5871b88b@chrisdean> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD Opteron Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 03:08:46 -0000 On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Jonathan Insell wrote: > Hey guys, > > We are building up a new server all the parts have been ordered ;o) here is a break down of what we ordered > > Western Digtial Raptor SATA 10K rpm Drives, > Highpoint SATA Card. I'm generally advising people to avoid SATA for the time being. The current crop of hardware, PARTICULARLY the Raptors, are not of production quality. YMMV. I'm also not a fan of MSI boards. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org