Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:01:00 +0000 From: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> To: fjwcash@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: arlogeek@lonetree.com Subject: Re: Server motherboard recommendation wanted Message-ID: <E1J2uEu-000IiF-K2@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> In-Reply-To: <200712131033.51242.fjwcash@gmail.com>
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> We have great success using the Tyan Thunder K8SD-Pro (S2882-D) > motherboard. It is a dual socket 940 motherboard that supports AMD > Opteron 200-series CPU (including dual-core), 16 GB ECC DDR400 RAM, with > 2 64-bit/133 MHz PCI-X slots, 2 64-bit/100 MHz PCI-X slots, and 1 > 32-bit/33 MHz PCI slot. Comes with onboard SATA and (optional) SCSI > controllers. I can second this - I bought one after a recopmmendation on this list for a dual core Opteron board to replace a rather flaky MSI. It has performed magnificently, and is comletel stable, plus being well supported by FreBSD 9amd64 in my case). I run Adaptec SCSI controllers, and the onboard NIC's are good quality as well. definitely recommended. -pcf.
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