Server motherboard recommendation?

[David O'Brien]

Francisco Reyes wrote:
> >Looking to setup a small server with FreeBSD amd64.
> >Any recommendations on a motherboard?
> >Preferably one with ECC memory support and 64bit PCI (for a 3ware card).

I suggest the Tyan S2850 Tomcat K8S for "small" servers.  It is a quite
small ATX motherboard.  The problem for your use is it doesn't have
PCI-X (ie, 64-bit PCI).
 
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 06:22:23PM -0600, James R. Van Artsdalen wrote:
> "Small server" means different things to different people.
> 
> The Tyan S2885 motherboard works well and has four 64-bit PCI slots as 
> well as an AGP slot and 32-bit PCI.
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8w.html

The Tyan Thunder K8W is way not a server motherboard.  The "W" stands for
workstation and has AGP graphics vs. what you want for a server --
onboard VGA so you can put the machine in a 1U or 2U case.

The Tyan Thunder K8SR (s2881) or K8Spro (s2882) is much better suited for
a server.

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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)