mobo / chipset recommendation

OK, this is not sctrictly a SCSI question, but I need to put together a
new server.

I think I am going to put the OS on a RAID-1 pair of 36 GB 15K SCSI
drives, and then the large storage backend (about 2 TB) on SATA drives.
The storage backend speed is not really critical, but the OS has to
have quick response, thus the reason for the SCSI drives.

The server will run linux, probably the latest (or near-latest) kernel.

I tried building my current server on a Gigabyte mobo, which has been a
disaster. The server is abominably slow; it cannot handle 4 SATA drives
+ ethernet + video capture at the same time.

I'm looking for a mobo that has good throughput, 4 on-board SATA
connections, eSATA, and (possibly) SCSI. If not SCSI on board, then a
PCIe slot for a new controller.

Basically, it's really important that I have fast, reliable hard disk
throughput on both SCSI and SATA drives.

I've been looking at
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131013> as a
possible candidate. I need the PCI slots for existing hardware, which
(as yet) doesn't exist in PCIe form factor.

Any comments on this mobo? The chipset?

CptDondo <yan@nsoesipnaemr.com> wrote:
> OK, this is not sctrictly a SCSI question, but I need to put together a
> new server.
>
> I think I am going to put the OS on a RAID-1 pair of 36 GB 15K SCSI
> drives, and then the large storage backend (about 2 TB) on SATA drives.
> The storage backend speed is not really critical, but the OS has to
> have quick response, thus the reason for the SCSI drives.
>
> The server will run linux, probably the latest (or near-latest) kernel.
>
> I tried building my current server on a Gigabyte mobo, which has been a
> disaster. The server is abominably slow; it cannot handle 4 SATA drives
> + ethernet + video capture at the same time.
>
> I'm looking for a mobo that has good throughput, 4 on-board SATA
> connections, eSATA, and (possibly) SCSI. If not SCSI on board, then a
> PCIe slot for a new controller.
>
> Basically, it's really important that I have fast, reliable hard disk
> throughput on both SCSI and SATA drives.
>
> I've been looking at
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131013> as a
> possible candidate. I need the PCI slots for existing hardware, which
> (as yet) doesn't exist in PCIe form factor.
>
> Any comments on this mobo? The chipset?

If you want speed and reliablility, get a HP proliant server. It will run
and run and run.

Cydrome Leader wrote:
>
> If you want speed and reliablility, get a HP proliant server. It will run
> and run and run.

You know, that's not a bad idea... This thing replaced an old HP server
that worked just fine - the hard drives failed so I built a new server.
Turned out that was a mistake.

I may bring that one back from the dead.

--Yan

CptDondo <yan@nsoesipnaemr.com> wrote:
> Cydrome Leader wrote:
>>
>> If you want speed and reliablility, get a HP proliant server. It will run
>> and run and run.
>
> You know, that's not a bad idea... This thing replaced an old HP server
> that worked just fine - the hard drives failed so I built a new server.
> Turned out that was a mistake.
>
> I may bring that one back from the dead.
>
> --Yan

nice.

Eventually the fans and disks wear out, but they're incredibly reliable.
My favorite is the integrated RAID controllers that actually work and
have good driver support for various OSes.