To all.. I was using a Gigabyte motherboard, and the board seems like a bad choice. What do you guys recommend for a decent server board that would use a Dual Core processor and DDR2 ram. I dont want to replace the CPU and Mem i already have, just find a decent board that supportsthe existing.. Thanks, Ryan Nichols -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080515/e0e2cc7c/attachment-0005.html>
I guess your Gigabyte is a desktop one.... Well, in production I used to use Intel server and workstation boards. Not the best but more cooperative than most manifacturers with kernel team I guess. Currently I am testing some AMD stuff... On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Ryan Nichols <rnichols430 at gmail.com> wrote:> To all.. > > I was using a Gigabyte motherboard, and the board seems like a bad choice. > What do you guys recommend for a decent server board that would use a Dual > Core processor and DDR2 ram. I dont want to replace the CPU and Mem i > already have, just find a decent board that supportsthe existing.. > > Thanks, > Ryan Nichols > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >
Personally, I like Gigabyte motherboards a lot, the GA-P35-DS3L I use with Core 2 Duo (Quad) and DDR2. I though I was going to do better with the Intel DP35DP and guess what, I like the the Gigabyte Better (personally). On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 06:43 -0500, Ryan Nichols wrote:> To all.. > > I was using a Gigabyte motherboard, and the board seems like a bad > choice. What do you guys recommend for a decent server board that > would use a Dual Core processor and DDR2 ram. I dont want to replace > the CPU and Mem i already have, just find a decent board that > supportsthe existing.. > > Thanks, > Ryan Nichols > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Ryan Nichols wrote:> To all.. > > I was using a Gigabyte motherboard, and the board seems like a bad > choice. What do you guys recommend for a decent server board that > would use a Dual Core processor and DDR2 ram. I dont want to replace > the CPU and Mem i already have, just find a decent board that > supportsthe existing..there's an awful lot of different dual core processors. you said 'server' motherboard, to me that would be a Xeon or Opteron board that had server centric features like ECC memory, a remote management 'lights out' console accessible over the network, and multiple gigE network interfaces. it would probably have ATI 'rage' type minimal VGA onboard, and no audio at all. it likely would have SAS onboard (or SCSI if its an older design), or at least a lot of SATA channels setup for working with a SATA backplane. it would be designed to fit into a 1U/2U chassis, with support for a PCI/PCI-express riser card. it would have PCI-Express x4 and/or PCI-X I/O slots. this is a typical modern server board http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/boards/S5400SF/index.htm
Ryan Nichols wrote:> To all.. > > I was using a Gigabyte motherboard, and the board seems like a bad > choice. What do you guys recommend for a decent server board that > would use a Dual Core processor and DDR2 ram. I dont want to replace > the CPU and Mem i already have, just find a decent board that > supportsthe existing.. > > Thanks, > Ryan Nichols >Ryan, About 2 years ago, I build a server using a SuperMicro X6DA8-2 motherboard and it is a dual xeon processor machine with capabilities of 16G of DDR2 memory. It has dual gigabit ethernet ports, 6 usb 2.0 ports and a dual SATA controller as well as regular IDE bussmaster capabilities. I've been very happy with it, and at the time, it was not that expensive a board with the 2 cpu's on it. A couple months ago, I recased the thing back into a SuperMicro case that was optimized for that board and I wish now I'd done it when I first built it. One problem I had with it was the cpu cooler fans. The original ones were made by Intel, and they were noisy, terribly out of balance and downright bad. I replaced them with 4-pin PWM fans from SuperMicro and that machine is so quiet now, I have to feel of it to make sure it's running. The thing runs about 90 degrees operating and with the fans set up on the super quiet mode, it never even breaks a sweat. There is another version of the board that has a SCSI controller on board, but only one gigabit ethernet port. Everything else is pretty much the same. I highly recommend SuperMIcro boards and cases. Probably a bit more expensive than some of the others, but in a server, I want quality, so I pay for what I get. HTH Sam
What about SuperMicro? I've never used one personally, but my employer had some servers built with SuperMicro and those things reliably chugged along for years, never had any problems. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: John Plemons <john at mavin.com>> I would look at Tyan, Soyo, and Intel for middle of the road > performance, but more over for dependability... I have also had very > good luck with MSI, Asus... > > john plemons > > > > > > > > Ryan Nichols wrote: > > Really? We bought that EXACT motherboard.. 10 to be exact and we've > > had 9 fail and the 10th is on its way to major failure.. the odd thing > > is that 10th one was the first one purchased and that was 6 months ago. > > > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Juan C. Valido > > <jvalidolnx at juanyjosefina.com <mailto:jvalidolnx at juanyjosefina.com>> > > wrote: > > > > Personally, I like Gigabyte motherboards a lot, the GA-P35-DS3L I use > > with Core 2 Duo (Quad) and DDR2. I though I was going to do better > > with > > the Intel DP35DP and guess what, I like the the Gigabyte Better > > (personally). > > > > On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 06:43 -0500, Ryan Nichols wrote: > > > To all.. > > > > > > I was using a Gigabyte motherboard, and the board seems like a bad > > > choice. What do you guys recommend for a decent server board that > > > would use a Dual Core processor and DDR2 ram. I dont want to > > replace > > > the CPU and Mem i already have, just find a decent board that > > > supportsthe existing.. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ryan Nichols > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > CentOS mailing list > > > CentOS at centos.org <mailto:CentOS at centos.org> > > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org <mailto:CentOS at centos.org> > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1433 - Release Date: 5/14/2008 > 4:44 PM > >