From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 29 12:37:17 2003 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 E36A237B401 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:37:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlasta.net (wow.atlasta.net [12.129.13.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4556943F3F for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:37:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drais@wow.atlasta.net) Received: (qmail 14204 invoked by uid 1068); 29 Jul 2003 19:37:16 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 29 Jul 2003 19:37:16 -0000 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:37:16 -0700 (PDT) From: David Raistrick To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: dual Xeon motherboard of choice? 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, 29 Jul 2003 19:37:18 -0000 Hey folks. I'm shopping around for a new development server. Probably will run a pair of 533 2.4Ghz Xeons and 512 megs of ram. An Adaptec 2200S will eventually make its way into the box when the RAID gets upgraded, with a 2100S running it to start. Only two disks will likely be housed in the system. I'm currently looking at the Seagate Cheetah's, 36 gigs or so, 15k. I'm looking at 2u or so systems, since the RAID is and will be housed in its own case. I'm not space crunched so I don't see any reason to cram a pair of Xeons into a 1u case! :) Currently I'm looking at the X5DLR-8G2 powered Supermicro 6023L-8R or 6023P-8R. (the 6023P requires low profile cards only.) I'm also considering the SE7501WV2 powered Intel SR2300. I'll be taking advantage of the redundant power supplies in either of these chassis. Both of these chassis use SCA2 hotswap cages for the disks. Does anyone have any experience using either of these systems? Anything to watch out for (SMP, the Broadcom NICs on the supermicro, etc)? Any known issues? For the time being the system will run 4.8-RELEASE for some time. No timeline is in place for migration to 5.x, though any current issues with 5.x and these systems would be good to know. :) Alternative system/chassis/board suggestions are also welcome. Thanks. ...david --- david raistrick drais@atlasta.net http://www.expita.com/nomime.html