Date: Tue, 11 Mar 97 10:59:09 CST From: Joe Greco <jgreco@solaria.sol.net> To: rcarter@consys.com (Russell L. Carter) Cc: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net, vince@mail.mcestate.com, tom@sdf.com, sergey@extech.msk.su, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [H] Optimal computer for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199703111659.KAA28617@solaria.sol.net> In-Reply-To: <199702261845.LAA02550@conceptual.com> from "Russell L. Carter" at Feb 26, 97 11:45:07 am
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> Look guys, the only chip that has PB-SRAM is P5, and for *that* chip > the original comment is correct. And Rodney is correct. And Michael > is correct, for P6. > > Sheesh! > > Anyway, I don't think EDO gives you much for P6 either, and all the ASUS > motherboards I've seen in the last 6 months for P5 and P6 support ECC > if you have parity RAM, which is a big win for a server if it works. Big win - IF you are willing to take a hit on your memory access times. ECC introduces additional delays. Reliability at the expense of speed. Oh, and an aside to Nate: I've upgraded caches several times without regard to the CPU in the last year. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847
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