Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 08:15:35 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Rob Ellis <rob@web.ca> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard w/ ECC? Message-ID: <4064C7A7.7050200@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <20040326183405.GD34158@web.ca> References: <20040326183405.GD34158@web.ca>
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Hi, Rob Ellis wrote: >How important is ECC ram for a FreeBSD server? We've gone with Asus > > I think, it has nothing to do with FreeBSD. ECC just makes you sleep better. >motherboards in the past, but most new ones don't support ECC... > >If ECC is important, any recommendations for a motherboard that supports >AMD Athlon + ECC? > > I suggest always to use ECC as an additional level of safety. We use Tyan motherboards out of the Thunder series. They have all you need for a server on board. There is the Tiger series if you do not need all the features of the Thunders. We have had once in a while problems with newly released boards and their BIOS'. An update from Tyan's site helped always. Erich.
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