I've got OpenBSD (3.7 and 3.8) running on both these boards with no problems what-so-ever:
P4 (66Mhz PCI-X) http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tomcati7210.html Intel onboard gigabit, 1 CSA, 1 PCI. Intel ICH5 SATA and Sil3114 SATA, 6 ports total Dual Opteron (2 PCI-X buses, one 100Mhz, one 133Mhz, 2 slots each) http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8w.html broadcom on-board gigabit (I added a gigabit Intel dual-port PCI-X controller) Sil3114 SATA Depending on how processor intensive your particular use will be, and how much money you want to spend, I might stick with the P4 setup if you're more cost-driven. Intel chipests are most always very stable performers and you almost always get dual gigabit intel ethernet on board with the P4 server boards. Obviously the Opteron(s) are going to perform the pants off the P4, but the cost will be significantly higher and you're much more likely to get stuck with ill-working or unsupported onboard ethernet/SATA and end up spending even more money on good gigabit ethernet controllers. >From your description of your use setup, it sounds to me a single of either processor will be more than sufficient. (I run Celeron Ds in my two P4 boxes on that P4 Tyan board with Apache, OpenLDAP, Postfix, Courier-IMAP, Samba, PHP, etc... hosting several domains and processor speed has never been a problem) my 2 cents don.. On 11/19/05, C. Bensend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Supermicro P4SCi (S478) - really designed for Supermicro chassis though. > > > > PCI-X 64bit (only 66MHz I'm afraid) and PC3200 capable. > > Hey, thanks, Paul. It is very much appreciated. I don't know > why my searches haven't turned up this one, but it has almost > everything I want, and a reasonable price. > > Benny > > > -- > "Young lady, I yelled at you because that paperwork looked like it > had been done by a drunk four-year-old." -- Dr. Bob Kelso, "Scrubs"
