[CentOS] Wait for 5 or just use 4.4?

Cen Tos wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3/31/07, *John R Pierce* <pierce at hogranch.com 
> <mailto:pierce at hogranch.com>> wrote:
> 
>     thats a desktop motherboard, not really what I'd consider 'server'
>     grade.   Now, if this is just a SOHO 'server', that may not matter, but
>     if this is going into a colocation site to host production websites,
>     I'd
>     want a 1U or 2U server with niceties like hotswap hard drives, redundant
>     power supplies, and ECC memory, perhaps one of the Tyan or SuperMicro
>     servers.
> 
> 
> This is going into a 4U chassis with redundant PSU and hotswap :) The 
> remaining hardware is largely constrained by budget. But of course, if 
> anybody has a better suggestion for a reasonably priced board from Asus 
> or Gigabyte that has two NIC, supports Core 2 Duo and ECC with onboard 
> graphics, I'm all game :)

I don't think you need confine yourself to motherboards with dual NICs. 
It is so easy to add an additional PCI NIC card ....

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