[olug] Server Motherboard Recomendations.

[Aric]

I hear ya....  I'd like to try out a Areca card.

I like Xen and Xenserver.....  I'd rather develop new things and keep the
money than pay VMware.
I have been playing with Kensho.

.....They will work in desktop boards IF the PCIs slot is compliant to PCIe.
They won't work in a board where the PCIe slot is only intended for video
cards.  Get a board with an additional 4x or 8x slot.  The same applies to
3000 series chipset Xeon boards.

I haven't seen a 3000 series chipset Xeon board that supports FB-DIMMs.  I
can't think of a logical reason why they would be better than a p35 chipset
board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182124
I got it open box for $95 delivered on Friday.  It come with all the stuff
in the retail box.

It has slot A usb ports onboard for usb flash drive boot embedding.
It has a VT-d toggle in the bios that makes me want to test it out.....

It is now running 2008 server and Debian on Xenserver 5 with a 3ware 4 port
9650SE card in raid 5.

-Aric



-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Phil
Brutsche
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:41 AM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Server Motherboard Recomendations.

I've not used any recent 3ware cards and am unlikely to anytime soon. My
choice of hardware is driven by driver support for VMware ESXi, Windows
and Linux.

I have used these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816131001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816103050
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816103062

Notice how they all cost about the same. You will get about the same
results regardless of which one you choose.

Also notice that most of them will *not* work in desktop motherboards,
hence my comment as to most desktop motherboards being completely
unsuitable for server use.

Craig Wolf wrote:
> Just for the sake of argument, I have had good luck with 3ware raid
> cards.  Only used them twice but with no issues at all.

-- 

Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us
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