Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:31:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Jens Andre Griepentrog <griepent@wias-berlin.de> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Cc: martin@mullet.se Subject: Re: Stable Opteron configurations with 16GB or more Message-ID: <20050719.223110.2004118089.griepent@wias-berlin.de>
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> Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:56:18 +0200 > Martin Nilsson <martin@mullet.se> wrote: > > Jens Andre Griepentrog wrote: > > Dear FreeBSD AMD64 Community, > > > > I would like to get an Opteron compute server with a large amount > > of memory appropriate for three-dimensional numerical simulations. > > > > I have got some offer for a system with a Tyan S2882-D or S2892 board > > with two Opterons 248HE, U320 SCSI disks, and 16GB memory. But after > > tweaking out more information the same dealer concedes severe BIOS > > problems with the 90nm Opteron version connected to more than 2GB > > of memory! So one can feel a little bit irritated having in mind > > that all 248HE Opterons are manufactured in 90nm process ... > > We are currently trying to get a system with Tyan K8WE (S2895), > 2*Opteron 252, 8*2GB memory and MegaRAID 320-2e card with 10*15k disks > to work properly. The customer is using Linux for FEM simulations and we > have problems with both the memory and the MegaRAID together with the > Tyan motherboard. At this point I can't recomend Tyan at all :-( > > > It would be nice to hear from experienced BSD users which combinations > > of Opteron mainboards and processors work stable with 16GB or more of > > installed memory. > > Sorry, I don't have one that works, we are trying to replace the memory > with another brand to get it to work. We will test the new Supermicro > H8DCE boards if they arrives here before we have solved the problems > with the Tyan board. > Thank you for that information, Martin. Do you have some experience with Supermicro H8D** boards and 16GB or more of installed memory? Best regards, Jens A. Griepentrog
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