I have an MSI G31TM-P21 + q8200
http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1833 On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 1:59 PM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: >> Which disk controller should I use for best performance and >> driver support? >> >> AHCI based: >> SB600 >> IHC9 >> Jmicron JMB363 (supported?) >> >> Marvel based: >> Marvell 88SX6081 > > this isn't a complete list of supported ahci or marvell > parts. i don't know about jmicron support. i tried > to add it without having any hardware to test. i have > always chosen other hardware over jmicron. it seems > to benchmark poorly and be unnecessarly incompatable. > > i have not done systematic benchmarking of the > various parts. however .. > > 1. unless one needs more ports than the motherboard > offers, i would stick with on-board ports. > > 2. note that the marvell 88sx card is pci-x but will > function properly in a pci slot. the marvell 88se64* > parts are a pci-e option. > > 3. if you set up a venti+fossil fileserver, you will have > a quite seeky load and the performance of the controller > should not be a big factor. but the performance of the > disks will be. > >> For network cards the intel gbe cards seems to be the best? > > yes. the 82563 and 8257[12456] are particularly good. > >> Which CPU should I use? Can Plan9 use multicore processors? >> Is it right that Plan9 runs in 32 bit modus (no need for a 64 bit >> processor)? > > plan 9 can use multicore processors. but it does not recognize > the hyperthreads on core i[357] and atom processors. > > - erik > > -- Federico G. Benavento
