From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 10 23:10:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8948916A403 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:10:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prestonh@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67AEC13C4BA for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:10:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prestonh@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so1868821wxc for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:10:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=nWRbr6/jfOrscba/PzlU7EMe7skWVZnQrFeJu1ajOxQ3WLg0w/7M2rg6Yk7Ut3n17AkEl8nQ2hFwO5hBnFWSGsLNo8OW1DbvyIksR1mAz36Qi3xJuxCsJ0A5N5OIHekHnx47dNxgxUy6b510MWIFymjPT5EtKktqrt+xfimaRmE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=jQE4EHNsKjOIrxvBEWZMMVSlIXi+G/Ljqd0RiSbLAPBKBMB8peV3pCi5BA0GxsToCGs34hVHB/YLueHwLo4Qh6OYWizob3/M6ArXxYx8OKx/WTXZGefiQXnQW1xT6O3iuzZBItpW/TcEr+uMIgsVbLVY2gd3KH4PtNOKL8pOpPA= Received: by 10.78.83.15 with SMTP id g15mr1155685hub.1176245082082; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:44:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.206.6 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:44:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8f5897560704101544p55bd21fcy98812d30b2c48d30@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:44:41 -0500 From: "Preston Hagar" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <8f5897560704101541h46bfb09axb1a7e49439f71a46@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <00e001c777a2$8fb5c490$0600020a@mickey> <57d710000704051124y1241f9f9v27a870ae034a223@mail.gmail.com> <8f5897560704101541h46bfb09axb1a7e49439f71a46@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: RE: Recommended SMP Hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:10:06 -0000 I just built the following server and I'm in love with it. I don't know if it would be underpowered for you though. Here are the specs (I purchased all the hardware from NewEgg with the exception of the chassis which I got from servers direct) ***3ware 9550SX-8LP 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X SATA II Raid Controller Card - Retail ** *1 *TYAN S3950G2NR Socket AM2 ServerWorks HT1000 *2 *Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) ECC Unbuffered *1 *AMD Opteron 1212 Sant * 1 *Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST380815AS 80GB ** *4 *Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 2U Chassis : *Chenbro RM21508T2-BH LINK: https://www.serversdirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=CS4506&dept_id=03-003-002 PS : SPI FSP650-802UR Link: https://www.serversdirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=PS3075&dept_id=31-001 Riser Cage, Rails, and CD Drive part numbers: Chenbro 84-321510-022 Chenbro 84H321210-050 Lite-on SSC-2485K It is a dual-core Opteron with 2 GB ram. The 3ware card supports 8 SATA drives. I have the 4 320GB seagates in RAID 10 and the 80GB seagate as the internal OS disk. Total cost $2104.53 (USD). Like I said, you may need a more power than me, but I love the configuration, the chassis, and the 3ware card. The SATA disks in RAID 10 get close to the same disk speed as 10K SCSI (I know that is a bold claim). In my tests they are getting up to 116Mb/s Read and 100Mb/s write. Anyway, depending on your application, I would recommend checking it out (especially the case if you want multiple SATA drives). Preston On 4/5/07, pete wright wrote: > > On 4/5/07, Don O'Neil wrote: > > I'm getting ready to obsolete one of my old dual P2-800 servers and > wanted > > to get some suggestions from you all... I'm going to be building a new > > server to replace it and need more power, but not a TON more power... > > Something along the lines of dual 2.5 GHz processors with 4 GB RAM > should be > > more than enough. > > > > Any one have some suggestions for lower priced dual processor > motherboards > > and CPU combos? Athlon, Xeon, P4, whatever, doesn't really matter. I'd > like > > to hear from some of you who are actually using certain combos in > production > > and your experiences (good or bad) with them and FreeBSD 6.2. > > > > > I've had good luck with multi core processors esp. the Intel 5130's. > They are a x86_64 capable CPU that will give you a SMP system in one > socket. This should make the machine draw less power, require less > cooling, and hopefully the motherboard will be less expensive than a > multi-socket board. Not sure where you are located - but I saw an add > for a Southern Californian Fry's that had the an "Intel Core2Duo" > motherboard/cpu combo for pretty cheap (~$190US). I assume you can > find similar deals on the 'net as well. > > Hope this helps! > > -pete > > -- > ~~o0OO0o~~ > Pete Wright > www.nycbug.org > NYC's *BSD User Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >