[CentOS] Re: Opteron Mobo Suggestions -- again, get a mainboard with an AMD8131 (it's that simple)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 01:49 -0400, Peter Arremann wrote:
> Here we go again with that UPS guy though... other than the Intel 2ch scsi 
> controller and emulex fibre cards there isn't much out there.

_Exactly_!  PCIe storage and NIC controllers are lacking.
Which means we're left with PCI-X and legacy 64-bit PCI cards for now.

> And all those options fit into a nice $40K server - but if you're talking a
> couple hundret for the board and cpu, they're overkill...
> Until you got a sata raid controller or so available for pci express,
> you're better off if a more expensive board and then save the money on
> some cheaper storage..

Exactly.  You're already spending $1,500 on the CPUs and Registered ECC
memory.  So why not spend a few bucks more on the mainboard, and throw
in a $300 storage card for the $400 your spending on disks to ensure
performance?

Whey people are willing to spend >>$1,000 and then skimp on a few
hundred bucks more is beyond me.  You'd be better off not going
Opteron/Registered at all, and saving all that dough.


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Bryan J. Smith                                     b.j.smith at ieee.org 
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