designing new freebsd server for amd64 arch

[Scott Long]

Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 04:02:47PM -0400, Vivek Khera wrote:
> 
>>On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:19 AM, David Komanek wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Now I prefer:
>>>Tyan Thunder K8WE, S2895A2NRF
>>>2x AMD Opteron 250 Box
>>>Adaptec 2130SLP
> 
> 
> I missed the start of this thread. Whoops!
> First of all, don't use the K8WE. Use either the K8SPro or K8SR. The K8SR is 
> very picky about risers, though, so I generally recommend the K8SPro. Honestly,
> Tyan is not my first choice either. The Iwill DK8S/DK8S2 is better on paper,
> but I've never been able to find one.
> 
> 
>>No experience with these; the LSI 320-2X has been extremely reliable 
>>for us.
> 
> 
> The Adaptec 2130SLP is a big no-no. The driver is not 64-bit clean last I 
> looked.
>  

This is absolutely false.  Please stop spreading this complete rubbish.

Scott