From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 27 08:33:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0183116A4CE for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:33:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (u46n208.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A285243D1D for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:33:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AF95035CD7; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:33:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF2535977 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:33:57 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:33:57 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040427123236.P60328@ganymede.hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: AMD Server comparable to Intel/Xeon ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 15:33:59 -0000 I'm looking at picking up the following: Intel Technology Server Chassis Intel SC1300 1U Rack MainBoard: Intel SE7501WV2SCSI Ram memory: 4 x 1 GB Processor: 2 x Xeon 3.06 Ghz Discos Duros: 3x Seagate ST336607KLC Intel: SRCZR <- Zero Channel RAID, does that exist for the AMD platforms? CD-ROM: 52x Floppy: 3.5" Monitor, Mouse & Keyboard: Not Included Now, I've been hearing alot of how AMD tends to perform better, but I have zero experience with AMD ... I'm curious as to what those with experience with AMD would be considered: 1. equivalent in power to the Xeon 3.06Ghz 2. a rackmount/motherboard they would recommend for a server Thanks ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664