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BrandonMonster
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 Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: What is the preferred Opteron dual core config? |
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I was originally looking into purchasing another Sun Ultra 20 or 40,
but I think it may be a better idea to purchase an HP or Dell Opteron
or even build my own machine. I would like opinions on what works most
effectively and what configurations/components folks have had the most
success with. I did look at Sun's HCL http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/
but the list of "certified" hardware seems pretty small, especially in
the workstation department.
My primary requirement is to have a one or two processor dual-core
Opteron system that can handle up to 500GB SATA that costs $1000 or
less to build or buy.
Thank you,
B. Wheaton |
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Juergen Keil
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: What is the preferred Opteron dual core config? |
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hennessy@earl-grey.cloud9.net (hennessy) writes:
| Quote: | In article <m28xg043p9.fsf@sucksless.local>,
Frank Cusack <fcusack@fcusack.com> wrote:
Note that Solaris only supports the Marvell SATA controller.
Is that in SATA-RAID configuration or just vanilla SATA? I coulda
sworn that NVidia nForce4 onboard SATA was supported..
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At this time, the nvidia nforce s-ata controllers are supported by the
ata(7d) driver, using the hardware's p-ata compatibility mode. |
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hennessy
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject: Re: What is the preferred Opteron dual core config? |
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In article <wyirf2x6jc.fsf@tools.de>, Juergen Keil <jk@tools.de> wrote:
| Quote: | hennessy@earl-grey.cloud9.net (hennessy) writes:
In article <m28xg043p9.fsf@sucksless.local>,
Frank Cusack <fcusack@fcusack.com> wrote:
Note that Solaris only supports the Marvell SATA controller.
Is that in SATA-RAID configuration or just vanilla SATA? I coulda
sworn that NVidia nForce4 onboard SATA was supported..
At this time, the nvidia nforce s-ata controllers are supported by the
ata(7d) driver, using the hardware's p-ata compatibility mode.
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That's what I thought, given that my Ultra 20 has the nforce4
chipset.. I run Linux on it, and it loads the sata_nv driver. Sad to see
that Linux is better supported on Sun hardware than Solaris 
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"When in doubt, use brute force."
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Frank Cusack
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: What is the preferred Opteron dual core config? |
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:19:34 -0000 hennessy@earl-grey.cloud9.net (hennessy) wrote:
| Quote: | In article <wyirf2x6jc.fsf@tools.de>, Juergen Keil <jk@tools.de> wrote:
hennessy@earl-grey.cloud9.net (hennessy) writes:
In article <m28xg043p9.fsf@sucksless.local>,
Frank Cusack <fcusack@fcusack.com> wrote:
Note that Solaris only supports the Marvell SATA controller.
Is that in SATA-RAID configuration or just vanilla SATA? I coulda
sworn that NVidia nForce4 onboard SATA was supported..
At this time, the nvidia nforce s-ata controllers are supported by the
ata(7d) driver, using the hardware's p-ata compatibility mode.
That's what I thought, given that my Ultra 20 has the nforce4
chipset.. I run Linux on it, and it loads the sata_nv driver. Sad to see
that Linux is better supported on Sun hardware than Solaris
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Even sadder: Windows is better supported.
-frank |
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