Advice on server configuration

[David O'Brien]

On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 03:11:49PM -0600, chuck remes wrote:
> I need some advice on building a server to run 6.0-RELEASE.
..
> 1. Tyan Thunder K8S Pro S2882G3NR
>    http://www.serversdirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=MBS802
> 2. Single Opteron 265 dual-core
>    http://www.serversdirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=Opteron%5F265

This will limit you to only being able to use 4 of the 8 DIMM slots on
the motherboard.  If you're going to do that - you might consider the
Tyan s2866 1P motherboard and use PCI-express I/O cards.

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