Been running rock solid servers on Centos 3 and 4 for
years but equipment is starting to die so it is time.
I was thinking along the lines of an Intel Q6600 on an
Asus P5K-VM mobo with the new G33 chipset utilizing
SATA. Is anyone having success with this board or any
of the G33 chipsets where I am not going to run into
all kinds of install problems?
I see these other threads of install problems with the
new chipsets so are a bit leary of making the purchase
without hearing of some success stories.
Any recommendations? thx
-- Mike
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Michael Rock wrote:> Been running rock solid servers on Centos 3 and 4 for > years but equipment is starting to die so it is time. > > I was thinking along the lines of an Intel Q6600 on an > Asus P5K-VM mobo with the new G33 chipset utilizing > SATA. Is anyone having success with this board or any > of the G33 chipsets where I am not going to run into > all kinds of install problems? >that sounds more like a desktop system, not really what I'd consider server grade. no ECC support, no redundant power supplies, etc etc.
John R Pierce>> that sounds more like a desktop system, not really >> what I'd consider >> server grade. no ECC support, no redundant power >> supplies, etc etc.Going this route has served me just as well for the last 3 years and at a cost I can afford. This is actually a major step up from what I am running and should see better mysql performance. (pretty high CPU utilization currently) Although these old servers were cutting edge when I originally installed Centos the installs were pretty smooth. But since have had a few bad experiences with some other Asus Nvidia chipsets on install. So I am looking for some proven success with the G33 chipset so I do not end up with a board which going to be a pain on install. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/
On Tuesday 09 October 2007, Michael Rock wrote:> Been running rock solid servers on Centos 3 and 4 for > years but equipment is starting to die so it is time. > > I was thinking along the lines of an Intel Q6600 on an > Asus P5K-VM mobo with the new G33 chipset utilizing > SATA. Is anyone having success with this board or any > of the G33 chipsets where I am not going to run into > all kinds of install problems?I just recently installed a G33 based board with centos-5 (x86_64). If the board has an ich9r the sata part it easy (use ahci in bios). My install hanged unless I passed acpi=off or pci=nommconf (the latter the real fix). After install I had to build my own e1000 from the intel page to get the onboard GigE to work and pci=nommconf is still needed (but does not cause any negative side effects that I know of). All this for an Intel DG33TL board. Good luck, Peter -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071009/a3d26778/attachment-0004.sig>
On 10/8/07, Peter Kjellstrom <cap at nsc.liu.se> wrote:> On Tuesday 09 October 2007, Michael Rock wrote: > > Been running rock solid servers on Centos 3 and 4 for > > years but equipment is starting to die so it is time. > > > > I was thinking along the lines of an Intel Q6600 on an > > Asus P5K-VM mobo with the new G33 chipset utilizing > > SATA. Is anyone having success with this board or any > > of the G33 chipsets where I am not going to run into > > all kinds of install problems? > > I just recently installed a G33 based board with centos-5 (x86_64). If the > board has an ich9r the sata part it easy (use ahci in bios). My install > hanged unless I passed acpi=off or pci=nommconf (the latter the real fix). > > After install I had to build my own e1000 from the intel page to get the > onboard GigE to work and pci=nommconf is still needed (but does not cause any > negative side effects that I know of). > > All this for an Intel DG33TL board. > > Good luck, > PeterSome discussions are found on the CentOS forums: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9585&forum=39&post_id=33771 and http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9667&forum=39&post_id=33770 including Peter's notes. :-) Akemi