John R Pierce wrote:
On 5/16/2014 11:09 AM, Joseph Hesse wrote:
The question in my mind is: should I just buy another workstation class motherboard and duplicate what I already have or buy a motherboard which is intended to be used as a server?
I won't run a server that doesn't have ECC main memory. most desktop hardware doesn't support ECC.
<snip> Oh, right, *all* the servers here use ECC DIMMs. And you really, REALLY don't want to go there: a) price, b) n/s is not buffered is not registered, none of the above compatible in the same bank, and oh, yes, dual rank is *not* compatible with single rank or quad rank... I kid you not. I've had servers simply not boot by mixing two of those, and let's not forget not fitting in the slot...., and c) see a).
mark, semi-guru on DIMMs....