Re: Motherboards

2006-04-23 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 4/23/06, Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Pantyukhin writes: > > > Well, I've heard that Google builds their newest servers > > almost exclusively on Opteron/Supermicro. > > Any public reference to that? > What was the source? > http://www.theregister.com/2006/03/11/supermicr

Re: Motherboards

2006-04-23 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Apr 23, 2006, at 2:14 AM, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On 4/23/06, Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew Pantyukhin writes: Supermicro are also very good, but IMO they come second after Tyan. Coming late, ok way late :-), into the thread, but someone was mentioning that Superm

Re: Motherboards

2006-04-23 Thread Francisco Reyes
Andrew Pantyukhin writes: Well, I've heard that Google builds their newest servers almost exclusively on Opteron/Supermicro. Any public reference to that? What was the source? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: Motherboards

2006-04-23 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 4/23/06, Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Pantyukhin writes: > > > Supermicro are also very good, but IMO they come second after Tyan. > > Coming late, ok way late :-), into the thread, but someone was mentioning > that Supermicro motherboards had issues with Opterons. > > Any

Re: Motherboards

2006-04-22 Thread Francisco Reyes
Andrew Pantyukhin writes: Supermicro are also very good, but IMO they come second after Tyan. Coming late, ok way late :-), into the thread, but someone was mentioning that Supermicro motherboards had issues with Opterons. Anyone has experienced/read/heard about this? _

Re: Motherboards & Flaky Caps (was: 4.11 Server Locks Up)

2006-03-28 Thread wc_fbsd
At 04:23 PM 3/28/2006, Mark Cullen wrote: Upon further inspection of the motherboard, just before looking to buy a new one, I noticed bulging / leaking capacitors around the CPU socket. It looked like *all* of the most important caps were knackered. I am suprised it managed to turn on and stay

Re: Motherboards

2006-03-28 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 07:49, John Cruz wrote: > I have to recommend MSI. I haven't run BSD on one yet but they have > always given me great performance and reliability over time. They're not > the cheapest, but I'd still rather have a low-end MSI board then the > most expensive Abit or PC Chips

Re: Motherboards

2006-03-28 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Doug Hardie wrote: I have a number of servers that are reaching end of life. They are over 7 years old and I can no longer find IDE drives that work with the slower controllers they have. These are all towers and use ASUS motherboards. Those were quite cheap at the time and the boards have wo

Re: Motherboards

2006-03-28 Thread John Cruz
I have to recommend MSI. I haven't run BSD on one yet but they have always given me great performance and reliability over time. They're not the cheapest, but I'd still rather have a low-end MSI board then the most expensive Abit or PC Chips board Doug Hardie wrote: I have a number of servers

Re: Motherboards

2006-03-28 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
Tyan are as rock-solid as it gets. Supermicro are also very good, but IMO they come second after Tyan. If you're looking for cheap mobo's, Gigabyte is a nice choice. Asus seems to be fine too, but my personal experience says against them (very loudly in fact). Abit was great a few years ago (I sti

RE: Motherboards

2006-03-28 Thread Tamouh H.
> > I have a number of servers that are reaching end of life. > They are over 7 years old and I can no longer find IDE drives > that work with the slower controllers they have. These are > all towers and use ASUS motherboards. Those were quite cheap > at the time and the boards have worke

RE: Motherboards & FreeBSD [used to be "RE: Disappointed with version 6.0"]

2006-03-19 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:53 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions >Subject: Motherboards & FreeBSD [used to be "RE: Disappointed with >version 6.0"] > > > >--- Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >I'm se

Re: Motherboards & FreeBSD [used to be "RE: Disappointed with version 6.0"]

2006-03-14 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:53:00 -0500 (EST) Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a secret resource I haven't found? [EMAIL PROTECTED] + its archives FWIW, we have a TYAN dual opteron box, 4 x SATA drives, 1 RU, works a treat. I think it's the something-24 model. search the archives for more