dual Xeon motherboard of choice?

[Lanny Baron]

Hi Everyone,
I would like to just let you know, in case you don't, that FreeBSD
Systems (http://www.FreeBSDsystems.com)  builds 1st class Servers and a
few workstations.  The one thing you don't see in these lists are
problems. The reason is quite simple. Our only focus is on FreeBSD.

Regards,

Lanny



On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 16:02, Simon wrote:
> Supermicro is a good choice, but I would get a mobo with Intel NICs.
> 2U is the way to go because you get better cooling, more space for
> expansion and redundant power supplies, as you mentioned. You
> may also want to get SCA backplane with SAF-TE chip for true
> hot-swap capability. Not sure about Adaptec RAID, the drivers for
> them haven't been so good from what I've read in the past, but if
> that is no longer the case, the ability to add RAID via Adapatec zero
> channel card is a very nice feature. Meanwhile, I use Mylex with
> great results. Seagate SCSI drives are topnotch.
> 
> -Simon
> 
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:37:16 -0700 (PDT), David Raistrick wrote:
> 
> >
> >Hey folks.
> >
> >I'm shopping around for a new development server.
> >
> >Probably will run a pair of 533 2.4Ghz Xeons and 512 megs of ram.  An
> >Adaptec 2200S will eventually make its way into the box when the RAID
> >gets upgraded, with a 2100S running it to start.
> >
> >Only two disks will likely be housed in the system.  I'm currently looking
> >at the Seagate Cheetah's, 36 gigs or so, 15k.
> >
> >
> >I'm looking at 2u or so systems, since the RAID is and will be housed in
> >its own case.  I'm not space crunched so I don't see any reason to cram a
> >pair of Xeons into a 1u case! :)
> >
> >
> >Currently I'm looking at the X5DLR-8G2 powered Supermicro 6023L-8R or
> >6023P-8R. (the 6023P requires low profile cards only.)
> >
> >I'm also considering the SE7501WV2 powered Intel SR2300.
> >
> >I'll be taking advantage of the redundant power supplies in either of
> >these chassis.
> >
> >
> >Both of these chassis use SCA2 hotswap cages for the disks.
> >
> >Does anyone have any experience using either of these systems?  Anything
> >to watch out for (SMP, the Broadcom NICs on the supermicro, etc)?  Any
> >known issues?
> >
> >For the time being the system will run 4.8-RELEASE for some time.  No
> >timeline is in place for migration to 5.x, though any current issues with
> >5.x and these systems would be good to know. :)
> >
> >Alternative system/chassis/board suggestions are also welcome.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >
> >...david
> >
> >---
> >david raistrick
> >drais at atlasta.net		http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org mailing list
> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware
> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
> >
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
-- 
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
Lanny Baron
Proud to be 100% FreeBSD
http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=