Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:26:45 -0800 From: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> To: Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Request for Recommendations: media / transcode server Message-ID: <CC09EDAD-155C-4B05-B5AC-D7F778090C5A@panasas.com> In-Reply-To: <206254559.244791.1573748775176@mail.yahoo.com> References: <DD067FC6-84A5-4684-8A1F-E72D4369959C@panasas.com> <206254559.244791.1573748775176@mail.yahoo.com>
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Thanks for the suggestion! =20 -Ravi (rpokala@) =20 =20 From: Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com> Date: 2019-11-14, Thursday at 08:26 To: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>, Ravi Pok= ala <rpokala@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Request for Recommendations: media / transcode server =20 Hi, =20 I used to have a SuperMicro server board and, since I no longer require BM= C, I've replaced it with an ASUS B350 Prime board about 2 years ago. =20 I have a Ryzen 2600, a separate 2 port GbE card, and it has everything else= you have. =20 Outfitted like this, it's less than just a server board. I have 3400G proc= essor (you could go even lower to the 2xxx series for less expense. =20 It's much cheaper to have Ryzen, non-ECC memory, desktop motherboard, etc. = than just buying a server class motherboard. =20 Server class will be 2-4x more. =20 Paul =20 On Thursday, November 14, 2019, 3:40:18 AM EST, Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebs= d.org> wrote:=20 =20 =20 Hi all, =20 For a few years, I've known that my media server's motherboard[1] was poten= tially vulnerable to a bricking issue[2]. It looks like that day has come. := -/ =20 Or it might just be "normal" old-age, since I've had the board for ~4.5 yea= rs. =20 Either way, I find myself in need of a new motherboard. My requirements are= : =20 - 2C/4T amd64 (4C/8T preferred) - 2x DDR4 slots (4x preferred) - 6x SATA ports (8x preferred) - 2x 1GbE NICs - 1x 80mm M.2 slot (2x preferred, 110mm preferred) - 1x PCIe x8 slot (2x preferred) - BMC w/ dedicated NIC =20 Suggestions? =20 Thanks, =20 Ravi (rpokala@) =20 [1] https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-A1SAM-2550F-Micro-Processor-Motherboa= rd/dp/B00IRHNKKK/ [2] https://www.anandtech.com/show/11110/semi-critical-intel-atom-c2000-fla= w-discovered=EF=BB=BF =20 =20 _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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