From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Dec 5 1:11: 2 2000 From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 01:11:00 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mooseriver.com (erie.mooseriver.com [205.166.121.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED7BD37B699 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 01:10:57 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by mooseriver.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id eB59AtF63413; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 01:10:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jgrosch) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 01:10:55 -0800 From: Josef Grosch To: John Gold Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dual processor motherboard recommendation for freebsd web/database server Message-ID: <20001205011055.A63208@mooseriver.com> Reply-To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com References: <000201c05d3d$891f6c20$893efea9@kr8> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <000201c05d3d$891f6c20$893efea9@kr8>; from Gold@kr8.com on Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 03:25:24PM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 03:25:24PM -0000, John Gold wrote: > Hi, > could anyone recommend a dual processor motherboard for a web/database > server running freebsd? I would like it to support two intel PIII 800 mhz > cpu's (fcpga socket 370) and will be running a raid disk subsystem. So > far the best choice I have found is a Supermicro 370DL3. Does anyone have > any other suggestions or recommendations, good or bad experiences? At work we are using the Intel STL2 with 2 Intel PIII 800 mhz cpu's and 2 gig of ram. These boards can take up to 4 gig with no problem. I am not a big fan of the on-board ether. I have had several (3 or 4) go nuts and spew badly formed IP packets. In these cases we drop in an intel 10/100 either card. YMMV. The on-board video is fine for console access but since we use these as servers in a rack we don't use the video much. Here in San Francisco we are paying $680 for the motherboard. OH! did I mention the on-board SCSI? 2 channels, one wide and the other ultra-wide. Dual IDE channels and 6 PCI slots, 2 64-bit/66MHz and 4 32-bit/33MHz. A damn nice motherboard. If they were just not so damn expensive! Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 4.2 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | www.bafug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message