From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Mar 11 09:00:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA19160 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 09:00:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from anacreon.sol.net (anacreon.sol.net [206.55.64.116]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA19151; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 09:00:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from solaria.sol.net (solaria.sol.net [206.55.65.75]) by anacreon.sol.net (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA10001; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 10:59:14 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost by solaria.sol.net (8.5/8.5) id KAA28617; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 10:59:11 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199703111659.KAA28617@solaria.sol.net> Subject: Re: [H] Optimal computer for FreeBSD To: rcarter@consys.com (Russell L. Carter) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 97 10:59:09 CST Cc: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net, vince@mail.mcestate.com, tom@sdf.com, sergey@extech.msk.su, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199702261845.LAA02550@conceptual.com> from "Russell L. Carter" at Feb 26, 97 11:45:07 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL65] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Look guys, the only chip that has PB-SRAM is P5, and for *that* chip > the original comment is correct. And Rodney is correct. And Michael > is correct, for P6. > > Sheesh! > > Anyway, I don't think EDO gives you much for P6 either, and all the ASUS > motherboards I've seen in the last 6 months for P5 and P6 support ECC > if you have parity RAM, which is a big win for a server if it works. Big win - IF you are willing to take a hit on your memory access times. ECC introduces additional delays. Reliability at the expense of speed. Oh, and an aside to Nate: I've upgraded caches several times without regard to the CPU in the last year. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847