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Date:      Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:42:33 -0500 (EST)
From:      Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
To:        "James R. Van Artsdalen" <james@jrv.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD amd64 List <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Server motherboard recommendation?
Message-ID:  <20041212194027.W22945@zoraida.natserv.net>
In-Reply-To: <41BCE0BF.40403@jrv.org>
References:  <20041212175907.L22745@zoraida.natserv.net> <41BCE0BF.40403@jrv.org>

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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, James R. Van Artsdalen wrote:

> "Small server" means different things to different people.

You are totally right.
The machine will be serving 5 domains, about 150 email addresses running 
Apache, postfix, PHP, Allohamail and Cyrus IMAP.

> The Tyan S2885 motherboard works well and has four 64-bit PCI slots as well 
> as an AGP slot and 32-bit PCI.
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8w.html

Thanks will take a look in detail later, but took a quick glance and looks 
promissing.

> Lian-Li's PC-V2000 chassis has room for 12 internal disks.

This machine will go to a data center so need smaller case. Possibly a 1U 
or mini tower.



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