Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 03:35:11 -0800 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Request for Recommendations: media / transcode server Message-ID: <09D335B0-6323-4626-ABC1-3163C43FA966@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <DD067FC6-84A5-4684-8A1F-E72D4369959C@panasas.com> References: <DD067FC6-84A5-4684-8A1F-E72D4369959C@panasas.com>
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>=20 > On Nov 14, 2019, at 12:40 AM, Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFHi all, >=20 > For a few years, I've known that my media server's motherboard[1] was pote= ntially vulnerable to a bricking issue[2]. It looks like that day has come. := -/ >=20 > Or it might just be "normal" old-age, since I've had the board for ~4.5 ye= ars. >=20 > Either way, I find myself in need of a new motherboard. My requirements ar= e: >=20 > - 2C/4T amd64 (4C/8T preferred) > - 2x DDR4 slots (4x preferred) > - 6x SATA ports (8x preferred) > - 2x 1GbE NICs > - 1x 80mm M.2 slot (2x preferred, 110mm preferred) > - 1x PCIe x8 slot (2x preferred) > - BMC w/ dedicated NIC >=20 > Suggestions? >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Ravi (rpokala@) >=20 > [1] https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-A1SAM-2550F-Micro-Processor-Motherbo= ard/dp/B00IRHNKKK/ > [2] https://www.anandtech.com/show/11110/semi-critical-intel-atom-c2000-fl= aw-discovered=EF=BB=BF >=20 >=20 > _ The bad news. No one is making server class boards off the current gen SoC based x86 stuff= like they did with the atom c2000 based stuff. If you look for J4000/J5000 based boards all there is are media server board= s with no BMC, 1 SODIMM slot, two SATA ports, and a single PCI-e slot.=20 You=E2=80=99ll need to step up to something like a SM X11SPA which is a lot o= f board to get what you want. Supposedly the ARM ecosystem was going to fill that void (or pushed x86 out d= epending on who you ask) but I don=E2=80=99t really know if that happened.=20= Thanks, Josh Paetzel=
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