Re: [CentOS] Tyan K8SRE troubles with CentOS 4.4 i386

Dan Halbert wrote:

We have been seeing failures with CentOS 4.4 i386 (not x86_64) running compute-intensive programs on Tyan K8SRE (S2891) Tymotherboards...

I talked with a friend who's been using a lot of Thunder T8WE boards with dual opterons for structural engineering systems software, he says ...

They are VERY PICKY about memory, I have learned. Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* cheap out on your memory.

I have hosed a perfectly good system that took almost a week of troubleshooting due to sh**ty memory corrupting the raid

We now only buy memory that is certified for Supermicro and Tyan systems. It doesn't cost a whole lot more then the cheap stuff.

memtest might not catch issues that are multiprocessor related.