From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 19 20:31:16 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9075116A41F for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:31:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from griepent@wias-berlin.de) Received: from smtp1.wias-berlin.de (scan.wias-berlin.de [62.141.177.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 030B843D48 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:31:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from griepent@wias-berlin.de) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.wias-berlin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D942419C013; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:31:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (hilbert.wias-berlin.de [62.141.177.108]) by smtp1.wias-berlin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BE7B19C012; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:31:12 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:31:10 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <20050719.223110.2004118089.griepent@wias-berlin.de> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org From: Jens Andre Griepentrog X-Mailer: Mew version 2.0 on Emacs 20.7 / Mule 4.0 (HANANOEN) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at wias-berlin.de Cc: martin@mullet.se Subject: Re: Stable Opteron configurations with 16GB or more X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: griepent@wias-berlin.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:31:16 -0000 > Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:56:18 +0200 > Martin Nilsson 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