From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 14:11:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B84C537B737 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:11:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oberman@ptavv.es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f2OMB9c06348; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:11:09 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200103242211.f2OMB9c06348@ptavv.es.net> To: Rob Simmons Cc: Ed Henderson , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:11:00 EST." Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:11:09 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:11:00 -0500 (EST) > From: Rob Simmons > Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > I've had no problems with Asus motherboards. They are quite solid. I'm > using the A7V with athlon processors for the most recent servers that I've > built. Whereever I need RAID I've been using the Dell PERC/DC made by > American Megatrends. It uses standard CL2 DIMM memory and is supported by > the amr driver. As for a tape drive, I use the HP Surestore DDS3 6 tape > changer. If you want something more reliable than DDS, which is probably > one of the more reliable helical scan tape drives, look into DLT drives. > They can get expensive, but they are much more reliable than DDS. This is twice I have seen messages claiming that the PERC is an AMI device. But the source code, LINT file and the message my PowerEdge prints at initialization claim that this is an Adaptec FSA controller. Mine certainly uses the aac driver. # Adaptec FSA RAID controllers, including integrated DELL controller, # the Dell PERC 2/QC and the HP NetRAID-4M # # AAC_COMPAT_LINUX Include code to support Linux-binary management # utilities (requires Linux compatibility # support). # device aac Or is the PERC/DC a totally different controller? R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message