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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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