HARDWARE compatability

[Jean-Paul Natola]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to retire my PIII freebsd box for something a little more of age-
being that I'm at a non-profit I do not have the largest of budgets-

On that note I have never used and AMD before for a server so I was looking
at this box
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=17
40107&CatId=1206

it seems pretty good in terms of hardware-cpu speed/ram/raid etc..

and for approx 600 bucks I cant really complain- I'm womdnering if there if
there are any compatibility issues I need to watch out for , here are the
specs;

      Form Factor    2U Rackmounted 
      Processor Class    Athlon64 
      Processor Number    3500+ 
      Processor Speed    2.20GHz 
      Processor Interface    Socket AM2 
      Processors Supported    1 
      Additional Technologies    HyperTransport 
      Memory Type    DDR2 
      Total Memory    1 GB 
      Memory Speed    DDR2 667 (PC2-5400) 
      Compatible RAID Levels    0+1 0,1,5
      Number Of Hard Drives    2 
      Hard Drive Size    160 GB 
      Hard Drive Interface    SATA-II 
      Spindle Speed (RPM)    7200 
      Buffer Memory    8 MB 
      Optical Drive Type    52x CD-ROM 
      Communications Description    Integrated LAN 
      Data Transfer Rate    10 Mbps	100 Mbps 1000 Mbps









Jean-Paul Natola
Network Administrator
Information Technology
Family Care International
588 Broadway Suite 503
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Mailto: Jnatola at Familycareintl.org