Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:54:21 -0700 From: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan alternatives cuz their support totally sucks Message-ID: <20051205085421.35341cb5.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <17300.22742.111538.855619@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <20051201172828.5b25fdd4.kgunders@teamcool.net> <4390488A.9060708@wmptl.com> <20051205025818.GA62285@dragon.NUXI.org> <17300.22742.111538.855619@canoe.dclg.ca>
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On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:12:22 -0500 David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> wrote: > >>>>> "David" == David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> writes: > > David> On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 08:13:46AM -0500, Nathan Vidican wrote: > >> Ken Gunderson wrote: >Requirements: >1) Single Opteron should > >> suffice >2) DDR400 ECC supported >3) SATA disk subsystem will > >> suffice 2 drive gmirror conf. 4 drive > David> .. > >> I've always had good experiences with MSI > >> boards/systems... generally well priced/featured and their support > >> is pretty good. > > David> MSI's support of Opteron sucks terribly. They have a strong > David> track record of EOL'ing their Opteron boards by not providing > David> BIOS support when new Opteron come out. Unless you really need > David> 12 DIMM sockets on a dual-cpu (2 processor sockets) motherboard > David> I would never buy an MSI. > > We've just ditched a bunch of Tyan boards for Gigabyte boards. We > were having no end of crashing with the Tyans... and the Gigabyte > boards have been rock solid with the same software load. > > IIRC, we've only got two 246's in them. Nothing horribly fast. Which board models? -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?
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