Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:57:12 -0800 From: Brian Myers <tarkawebfoot@charter.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New board for a newbie Message-ID: <7BD5AFC2-595E-11D9-BE3E-000A95B96642@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <20041228184926.GA69940@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <5B1511FA-5540-11D9-AF1F-000A95B96642@charter.net> <20041228184926.GA69940@dragon.nuxi.com>
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Yes, I realized I didn't mention how I was using it just after I posted. Surprised I got away with it this long. Initially it will be primarily a server machine. It will be a database/webserver/app server all-in-one box. Occasionally it will do some more hefty database and ETL work. I might want the AGP graphics card in it though, because eventually I may try to turn it into a video editing box running Cinnerella. For now, I'd like to keep the cost under $2K. Thanx Brian On Dec 28, 2004, at 10:49 AM, David O'Brien wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 04:11:27PM -0800, Brian Myers wrote: >> 2) I've seen much conversation on which boards, memory, and SATA >> controllers were supported by FreeBSD. So much so that I have no idea >> what the current state of things is. So, if you were building a new >> dual Opteron from scratch, what would you get? For cost reasons, I'm >> going with 1.8 ghz processors and probably only 2GB of ram. I'll have >> two RAID 1 SATA hard drives, but should I use an onboard controller, >> or >> purchase a separate controller? Note that I may at some point upgrade >> to 4 RAID 0+1 disks. What about video cards? I don't need much so, are >> the onboard ones useable or not? Also, I, of course, would like the >> onboard LAN controller to be supported. > > You really don't mention the use of the machine -- server or > workstation > (or mix)? Do you need an AGP slot for high-end graphics, or is low-end > on-board VGA just fine? How many 64-bit PCI-X slots do you need? > > -- > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) >
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