Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 17:50:02 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Ed Henderson <Ed.Henderson@Certainty.net>, <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103241749170.51554-100000@mail.wlcg.com> In-Reply-To: <200103242211.f2OMB9c06348@ptavv.es.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 The PERC/DC is made by American Megatrends. The PERC 2 and 3 are made by Adaptec. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:11:00 -0500 (EST) > > From: Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com> > > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6vSSdv8Bofna59hYRAxCWAJ4yKB+i0SPjzME4AcreQY/sV82aiwCgokQn 3oC/eXkpAgZSNXtAtGG+1mw= =ykta -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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