[CentOS] Re: Opteron Mobo Suggestions -- again, get a mainboard with an AMD8131 (it's that simple)
Feizhou
feizhou at graffiti.net
Fri Jun 24 07:24:06 UTC 2005
> P.S. If you think you're going to get a dual-Opteron mainboard for
> under $300, it's near impossible. The only ones that are under $300
> typically lack an AMD8131 -- i.e., _no_ PCI-X channels. You'd be better
> off getting a $100 Athlon64 nForce mainboard with an Athlon64x2 4200+
> and a PCIe x4 or PCIe x8 storage controller instead.
>
>
Do you have any information on PCIe storage controllers?
I have googled and gone here and there but not found anything.
Do you know of any card that supports more than 4 SATA ports without a
dumb fakeraid tacked on? Just a pure SATA card with more than 4 ports.
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