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Date:      Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:48:15 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        "Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra" <ketrien@error404.nls.net>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: designing new freebsd server for amd64 arch
Message-ID:  <42665D9F.1080605@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050419202419.GB63598@bahre.achedra.org>
References:  <Pine.OSF.4.62.0504191117280.435799@lib-eth.natur.cuni.cz> <d8e41c542eabf33e84258cb134360ba4@khera.org> <20050419202419.GB63598@bahre.achedra.org>

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Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 04:02:47PM -0400, 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
> 
> 
> I missed the start of this thread. Whoops!
> First of all, don't use the K8WE. Use either the K8SPro or K8SR. The K8SR is 
> very picky about risers, though, so I generally recommend the K8SPro. Honestly,
> Tyan is not my first choice either. The Iwill DK8S/DK8S2 is better on paper,
> but I've never been able to find one.
> 
> 
>>No experience with these; the LSI 320-2X has been extremely reliable 
>>for us.
> 
> 
> The Adaptec 2130SLP is a big no-no. The driver is not 64-bit clean last I 
> looked.
>  

This is absolutely false.  Please stop spreading this complete rubbish.

Scott



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