Dear list, I am planning to buy a new server -because the new Core2 Duo based Xeons (5100 series) are considerably faster in some scenarios than Opteron machines while not beeing more expensive, I would like to hear some real-world experiences from people who have installed CentOS 4.3 or 4.4 on such a setup. Specifically: CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 5100 2GHz Board: Intel S5000 chipset RAID5: 3ware 9550SXU-4LP I have some experience with the 3ware Adapter (new kernel module needed on install) but now nothing about compatibility, extra drivers or other problems related to the relatively new Xeon/S5000 platform and CentOS 4.3/RHEL 4.3. Thanks for any feedback. -- Bye, Marc Saric
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 at 3:12pm, Marc Saric wrote> I am planning to buy a new server -because the new Core2 Duo based Xeons > (5100 series) are considerably faster in some scenarios than Opteron machines > while not beeing more expensive, I would like to hear some real-world > experiences from people who have installed CentOS 4.3 or 4.4 on such a setup. > > Specifically: > > CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 5100 2GHz > Board: Intel S5000 chipset > RAID5: 3ware 9550SXU-4LP > > I have some experience with the 3ware Adapter (new kernel module needed on > install) but now nothing about compatibility, extra drivers or other problems > related to the relatively new Xeon/S5000 platform and CentOS 4.3/RHEL 4.3.I've got a testbox with a Supermicro X7DVL motherboard and dual Xeon 5140s. The onboard network was *not* supported in CentOS 4.3, but is as of 4.4. Also, the 3w-9xxx received a significant upgrade in the 4.4 kernel vs. the one from 4.3. So, you *really* want to go with 4.4 on that hardware over 4.3. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
> CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 5100 2GHz > Board: Intel S5000 chipset > RAID5: 3ware 9550SXU-4LPIt appears you did not encounter this problem? http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14932 With regard to the stability issues I raised in the other thread, the korean portal that did should have been in a position to provide proper power supplies and cooling or maybe not. I guess it is safe to say that Woodcrest + FB-DIMM = hot. You may therefore want to go with the board that Joshua is using since he has not encountered stability problems. It does have 64-bit PCI-X slots for your 3ware card.