I am building a 2U Rack server and was hoping to use a spare Asus PC-DL
Deluxe motherboard, a pair of 533MHz 3.06GHZ Xeons, 4GB RAM and XP Pro that
I just happen to have lying around here...;^)
That would have been too easy...the case I am using has 6 SATA II Hotswap
drive caddies and the Asus has no way of connecting to these having only 4
SATA slots. In addition most of the RAID cards that will support 6 drives
are either PCI-X or PCI-E cards and the Asus only has PCI slots...
The Asus motherboard is also getting a bit long in the tooth now and I would
also like onboard graphics.
The Asus fails on all counts so I am left looking for an alternative.
I have no wish nor desire to overclock preferring stability & reliability to
wringing its neck to squeeze the last ounce of speed from the thing...
The successful candidate must have the following;
1. Onboard Gigabit LAN
2. Onboard graphics - nothing special needed here.
3. Minimum of 6 SATA II slots preferred
4. If not then a PCI-X / PCI-E slot for RAID card
5. At least one PCI slot for CCTV capture card
I have taken a look at the websites of the manufacturers of the newsgroups I
have posted to but there are so many boards listed than the more I look the
more confused I get - it must be an age thing!
I was wondering if any of you kind, knowledgeable souls out there could
suggest a board (or boards) that might meet my requirements?
I've never built a 2U Chassis system, but I do have a home server running
Server 2003. I've used Supermicro boards for a number of years now, and
feel they are about the best on the market. Go to www.supermicro.com and
look around you could spend hours looking at just their server boards.
....but then any board "can" be used as a server platform. Supermicro has a
lot of "lower end" boards many with built in graphics. For a server all you
need is a 2D desktop for management. You can go to http://www.acmemicro.com/estore/ to buy Supermicro products, or use
Newegg.com...they have a lot of SM stuff. It's just that Acmemicro has
EVERYTHING that SM makes. You can still get a few P4 server boards
there...I know, I have one.
I didn't see any AMD compatible boards - looks like Supermicro makes Intel
cpu only boards?
"DER" <rigela9@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:yrydnUvJ7IsjBwLUnZ2dnUVZ_gCWnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> I've never built a 2U Chassis system, but I do have a home server running
> Server 2003. I've used Supermicro boards for a number of years now, and
> feel they are about the best on the market. Go to www.supermicro.com and
> look around you could spend hours looking at just their server boards.
> ...but then any board "can" be used as a server platform. Supermicro has
> a
> lot of "lower end" boards many with built in graphics. For a server all
> you
> need is a 2D desktop for management. You can go to
> http://www.acmemicro.com/estore/ to buy Supermicro products, or use
> Newegg.com...they have a lot of SM stuff. It's just that Acmemicro has
> EVERYTHING that SM makes. You can still get a few P4 server boards
> there...I know, I have one.
"Zootal" <giganews@zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:XOidnWbwUYY10T3UnZ2dnUVZ_tPinZ2d@giganews.com ...
> I didn't see any AMD compatible boards - looks like Supermicro makes Intel
> cpu only boards?
>
> "DER" <rigela9@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:yrydnUvJ7IsjBwLUnZ2dnUVZ_gCWnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> > I've never built a 2U Chassis system, but I do have a home server
running
> > Server 2003. I've used Supermicro boards for a number of years now, and
> > feel they are about the best on the market. Go to www.supermicro.com
and
> > look around you could spend hours looking at just their server boards.
> > ...but then any board "can" be used as a server platform. Supermicro
has
> > a
> > lot of "lower end" boards many with built in graphics. For a server all
> > you
> > need is a 2D desktop for management. You can go to
> > http://www.acmemicro.com/estore/ to buy Supermicro products, or use
> > Newegg.com...they have a lot of SM stuff. It's just that Acmemicro has
> > EVERYTHING that SM makes. You can still get a few P4 server boards
> > there...I know, I have one.
>
>
I'm actually running an A79A-S right now. When my last Asus board croaked
several months ago, I went out and bought the FoxConn board. I used to boast
that I've never lost an Asus board. My CUSL2 lasted for over ten years. Now,
every Asus board I've bought in the last year or two have all died, while my
PCChips and FoxConn boards are still running.
What burns me is that I spent about $250 each on my M3A32-MVPs, and they
have all gone bad. They come with a 3 year warranty and so I could probably
get it fixed/replaced by Asus, but honestly I don't trust the board.
Any Gigabyte board users out there? How are those boards holding up these
days?
"pokey man" <james7273(remove)@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:vm1ol.17498$yr3.10169@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com...
> try foxconn a79a-s w/790fx /750SB or the gx with onboard grafix AMD3800
>
> http://www.atacom.com/program/print_html_new.cgi?Pagecode=1|MBAM&Item_code=MBAM_ FXCO_A7_AS
>
> or
>
> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...d_no=1740#menu
>
> or
>
> http://www.foxconnchannel.com/produc...D=en-us0000401
>
> MSI board has 8 SATA
>
> POKEYMAN
>
>
> "Zootal" <giganews@zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:XOidnWbwUYY10T3UnZ2dnUVZ_tPinZ2d@giganews.com ...
>> I didn't see any AMD compatible boards - looks like Supermicro makes
>> Intel
>> cpu only boards?
>>
>> "DER" <rigela9@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:yrydnUvJ7IsjBwLUnZ2dnUVZ_gCWnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>> > I've never built a 2U Chassis system, but I do have a home server
> running
>> > Server 2003. I've used Supermicro boards for a number of years now,
>> > and
>> > feel they are about the best on the market. Go to www.supermicro.com
> and
>> > look around you could spend hours looking at just their server boards.
>> > ...but then any board "can" be used as a server platform. Supermicro
> has
>> > a
>> > lot of "lower end" boards many with built in graphics. For a server
>> > all
>> > you
>> > need is a 2D desktop for management. You can go to
>> > http://www.acmemicro.com/estore/ to buy Supermicro products, or use
>> > Newegg.com...they have a lot of SM stuff. It's just that Acmemicro has
>> > EVERYTHING that SM makes. You can still get a few P4 server boards
>> > there...I know, I have one.
>>
>>
>
>
wow i agree, i am now eyeing an MSI board with 8 sata (6 from SB750 and 2
from Jmicron chip) and 1 esata and the 2 rj45 jacks spdif etc... will be
looking at reviews soon will let ya know if i buy.
Pokeyman
"Zootal" <giganews@zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:_8GdneF0j6XISDzUnZ2dnUVZ_umWnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> I'm actually running an A79A-S right now. When my last Asus board croaked
> several months ago, I went out and bought the FoxConn board. I used to
boast
> that I've never lost an Asus board. My CUSL2 lasted for over ten years.
Now,
> every Asus board I've bought in the last year or two have all died, while
my
> PCChips and FoxConn boards are still running.
>
> What burns me is that I spent about $250 each on my M3A32-MVPs, and they
> have all gone bad. They come with a 3 year warranty and so I could
probably
> get it fixed/replaced by Asus, but honestly I don't trust the board.
>
> Any Gigabyte board users out there? How are those boards holding up these
> days?
>
> "pokey man" <james7273(remove)@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:vm1ol.17498$yr3.10169@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com...
> > try foxconn a79a-s w/790fx /750SB or the gx with onboard grafix AMD3800
> >
> >
http://www.atacom.com/program/print_html_new.cgi?Pagecode=1|MBAM&Item_code=MBAM_ FXCO_A7_AS
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...d_no=1740#menu
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://www.foxconnchannel.com/produc...D=en-us0000401
> >
> > MSI board has 8 SATA
> >
> > POKEYMAN
> >
> >
> > "Zootal" <giganews@zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:XOidnWbwUYY10T3UnZ2dnUVZ_tPinZ2d@giganews.com ...
> >> I didn't see any AMD compatible boards - looks like Supermicro makes
> >> Intel
> >> cpu only boards?
> >>
> >> "DER" <rigela9@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:yrydnUvJ7IsjBwLUnZ2dnUVZ_gCWnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> >> > I've never built a 2U Chassis system, but I do have a home server
> > running
> >> > Server 2003. I've used Supermicro boards for a number of years now,
> >> > and
> >> > feel they are about the best on the market. Go to www.supermicro.com
> > and
> >> > look around you could spend hours looking at just their server
boards.
> >> > ...but then any board "can" be used as a server platform. Supermicro
> > has
> >> > a
> >> > lot of "lower end" boards many with built in graphics. For a server
> >> > all
> >> > you
> >> > need is a 2D desktop for management. You can go to
> >> > http://www.acmemicro.com/estore/ to buy Supermicro products, or use
> >> > Newegg.com...they have a lot of SM stuff. It's just that Acmemicro
has
> >> > EVERYTHING that SM makes. You can still get a few P4 server boards
> >> > there...I know, I have one.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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