From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 5 15:54:38 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 47C1916A41F for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 15:54:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1331443D5E for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 15:54:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 38449F821 for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:54:23 -0700 (MST) Received: from cochise.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.57]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id F2554F820 for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:54:22 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:54:21 -0700 From: Ken Gunderson To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org 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> Organization: Teamcool Networks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.12 (GTK+ 2.6.7; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: Tyan alternatives cuz their support totally sucks X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 15:54:38 -0000 On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:12:22 -0500 David Gilbert wrote: > >>>>> "David" == David O'Brien 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?