Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:43:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> To: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: designing new freebsd server for amd64 arch Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0504192241100.8082@tea.blinkenlights.nl> In-Reply-To: <d8e41c542eabf33e84258cb134360ba4@khera.org> References: <Pine.OSF.4.62.0504191117280.435799@lib-eth.natur.cuni.cz> <d8e41c542eabf33e84258cb134360ba4@khera.org>
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:19 AM, David Komanek wrote: > >> Now I prefer: >> Tyan Thunder K8WE, S2895A2NRF >> 2x AMD Opteron 250 Box >> Adaptec 2130SLP > >> HP DLT 40/80 >> 2x Gb LAN - I plan use the on-board ones > > Run away!!! Run away!!! Run from the onboard bge ethernet! Buy a nice intel > dual gigabit ethernet card use that. turn off the bge via the bios. They > will lock your system or cause other problems under heavy disk+network load. K8WE is an nforce4 motherboard, it has nvidia ethernet onboard, not broadcom..... It seems to confuse people who haven't noticed the switch to nforce4 for pci-e support that tyan has made with it's two latest opteron motherboards. -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem
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