I've been having good luck with desktop class systems using boards like the Supermicro PDSMI+. But I have need for a 8gb solution.
2gb DDR2 modules are still in $300 range... so 8gb is costing me 4x as much as 4gb.
4 x 1gb=$300 using Kingston DDR2 from Newegg
Problem is motherboards either have 4 slots or I have to move up to Opteron/Xeon boards.
I'm open on ECC or not, had failues either way
Any recommendations for inexpensive but fairly good colo options near Chicago? I have a website that will serve users routing through Chicago us.bb.gin.ntt.net and am wondering how low latency I can get to that without breaking the bank for this one project
View 8 Replies View RelatedWhat is the price one should expect to pay for a quad system server? I am guessing this could either be four cpus, two dual core cpus, or four seprate cpus all on the same motherboard. What this the best way to offer such a server?
If you were on a budget and building a server, which motherboard/cpu combo would you go for?
Currently paying 24.95/month with Hostgator on a reseller plan but am only using ~2Gb drive space and less than 2Gb or monthly transfer.
Would be nice to find a VPS that has CPanel for about the same price range.
What minimum VPS specs should I be looking for to support a PHPBB3 forum that uses 100GB/mth bandwidth and has 50 concurrent users at peak times (measured by PHPBB, so not real-time concurrent)?
And are there any suggestions for inexpensive ($30 or less) options that would be worth trying? Have never used a VPS before.
If not, are there any shared hosting providers that specialize in hosting message boards like PHPBB?
I've searched extensively through the Windows hosting forum but I was not able to find reasonable hosting providers based on the following criteria:
* Shared is fine (I'm on a budget)
* The cheaper the better (no more than 2 hours / week downtime)
* 9-5 support and 24 hour ticket turnaround
* Include .NET 3.5
* Include ASP.NET and WCF (web services)
* Allow up to 5 domain names that I already own
* Include 2GB of disk space and 10GB of traffic / month
* A decent pipe, something like 100K down and 50k up
* SQL Server 2005 Express (or better) with the ability to remotely connect to via Management Studio (with credentials)
* Ability to run or use a POP and SMTP server
* Allow file upload / download via FTP or secure FTP
Anyone know of a good source for inexpensive used or recertified SDLT tapes? We have a customer installing a pretty large NAS (one 2TB array, one 1.6TB array, both will be near full) which they want to back up to SDLT... but new tapes at $35 will cost them a couple thousand bucks.
I've seen recert tapes between $10 and $15 but can't find anyone who has them at the moment.
Just got a letter from InMotion. They don't like I uploaded my backup files to them, which makes their hosting benefits totally pointless to me and I will be moving to some other cheaper hosting since I basically only use email.
So I need some place to store my backups... I need only about 5 Gb, and I don't care about bandwidth, as I don't plan to download them unless all my HDDs will burn or get stolen or something so I don't need bandwidth. And it should be no more than few bucks/mo.
We currently use Intel motherboards in our dedicated servers, for our customers.
But I wish some advice about these manufacturers. Are they good? As good as intel, or even better? (They are much cheaper than Intel, and uses Intel chipsets)
* Foxconn
* MSI (Microstar)
* Gigabyte
* ASUS
Intel Server Board SE72107P1E
We have issues installing CentOS on this anyone shed some light on this?
I bought a dual socket F motherboard and having a hard time getting OpenVZ to run on it. I'm wondering if the board is compatible. It's a Tyan S2932 and the OpenVZ kernel crashes on it. (2.6.24 kernel)
I've flashed the latest bios.
So - thinking about returning the MB and getting something else. What MB is compatible with OpenVZ?
Specs:
2 socket F for quad core opterons.
16 momery slots.
Is there any economical motherboard CPU which support 4 physical CPU?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am trying to build a server and I need a help on selecting it. What is the good motherboard and ram is good for server?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI wonder what component makes a mobo suitable for Linux?. Is it the chipset for the board or something else too?.
View 5 Replies View Relatedthere are motherboards are designed for server and some are for lower level, it is likely personal computer, i am interested with how to differentiate the two kinds of motherboards?
View 0 Replies View RelatedFrom your personal experience which one should I choose for FEDORA 6 ?
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I'm planning on buying my first server. For processor I'll be using either an Opteron or Xeon.
Which motherboard would you suggest I get?
I saw ASUS motherboard for Opteron, but was told that ASUS board is not good enough for a server, what do you think?
I have tested the Asus M2N-MX motherboard on CentOS 5, the first 10 worked very well, zero problems and very stable.
My next 10 somehow did not work at all, after speaking to asus techs, I had to stick a 512MB ram module (which does make the motherboard work) and update the bios. Now the 1GB kingston ddr2 modules work fine.
Installed centos, and then to find out that every time the server gets rebooted, ALL eth0 settings are lost. I tested debian on it and same story! The nic is found, but debian is assigning/detecting new MAC's for the nic all the time.
The weird thing is the first batch is working very good!
I have wasted countless hours in trying to get this second batch working with no luck. I am looking to get the gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2 with RTL8211 nic. Anyone who was able to get this one running with centos without any problems?
new xeon motherboard after having nothing but constant problems with the supermicro boards. Specifically we've had many arrive with faulty dimm's but beyond that getting Windows 2003 loaded, dealing with drivers for SCSI raid configurations is simply a bear. Supermicro's support isn't much help either with answers like "well that's the driver, it should work."
Just trying to get some feedback on what others are using. Looking for something that has both SATA and SCSI support with and without RAID 0,1,5 and 10 and has better than average Windows 2003 support.
We're not interested in any of the options from Dell, HP, etc.
Has anyone installed a motherboard with a Realtek 8111D NIC chipset under CentOS 5.3 yet? If so, did it work out of the box without any drivers?
View 8 Replies View Relateddoes anyone know what desktop motherboard can it fit? prefer AMD desktop motherboard.
View 14 Replies View RelatedIs there a current motherboard out there that will fit the Supermicro SC512L-260B chassis without modification? I think Foxconn had one recently, but it may have been discontinued.
I know sometimes you have to grind off the the Audio since it is too high for the 1U chassis. I'm hoping maybe ASUS has something that will fit.
I purchased a Tyan S3970 (Tomcat h1000e) motherboard with a Supermicro SC820 Case, 'cuz I got a good deal on the combo. After I purchased it I realized that the back-cover does not match up, and the connector wires are short. (ie. The NIC/power LED wires do not reach the connector). Does anyone have a solution to this problem.
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i like the I/O panel is in the front and not the back. It can be a pain in the butt to access the back I/O panel in the DC.
I'm pretty sure the default SuperMicro panel will have to be take out but is there any motherboard that can fit this case? Did anyone try this case? Can it be bolt down by its ears? It's interesting that i don't see the blower on this case. How do you cool it?
Has anyone been using a 1333 FSB Core 2 Duo board in the SC512L that will fit without modification? Looking for something for mass use, I know some of the server boards will fit fine, wondering about some of the ASUS or Foxconn boards.
View 1 Replies View Relatedsince most dedicated server are just desktop pc. i was wondering what would be a great motherboard and tower for home made server for my own use or possible for colo? perfer enought RAM slot for up to 8gig and onboard SATA RAID controller
View 6 Replies View RelatedIs Motherboard RAID as good as a dedicated PCI-E card? I am guessing a dedicated card is the best option, though costs more.
We are looking at buying a barebones server from Supermicro. It features an onboard RAID controller which supports RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10 - but for some strange reason it will only support RAID 5 if you use Windows. Here is a link to the page detailing the RAID features.
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We are going to be running Linux, CentOS 5.1, so we will only have the choice of RAID 0, 1 or 10. This isn't an issue, as having RAID 10 on 4x SAS (15k) drives will be fine for speed and stability. What is an issue is would this RAID controller be as fast or reliable compared to a dedicated PCI-E card? If it can only use RAID 5 in windows, does that suggest this controller is too reliant on software? It would be a nightmare to suffer downtime and data loss because the controller couldn't hack it during a drive failure, or one day it decided to bugger up the array when rebooting.
So that leads me to looking at this card, this looks very good for what we need. Are adaptec a reliable brand? I've seen it advertised for £200, which is a good price.
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This card features RAID 5 and 6, would RAID 6 be better than RAID 10 for redundancy, or is it too slow to bother with? Also it seems to have a battery module available for it, what does this achieve? Cos surely if the power dies the hard drives and motherboard can't run off this little battery, or does it just help the controller stay alive long enough with some hard drive information in its memory if the power goes out during a rebuild?
