On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 03:03:23PM -0400, Steve Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jun 2012, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
We've had a number of servers fail, and it *seems* to be related to the
motherboard.
I too have had bad experiences with SuperMicro motherboards; never had one
last more than
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 09:57:33PM -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
On 06/28/12 8:56 PM, Luke S. Crawford wrote:
The problem with supermicro is that the end user assembles them;
If you use ESD protection, this is fine. If you dont? go buy a dell
or something.
well, the SM kit I've bought
Hi all.
I am working for a hosting provider in Poland. We are currently
searching for an universal, extensible hardware platform which we
would like to use in our server infrastructure.
The platform should have:
- possibility to install up to 32GB of RAM and at least 4 slots for it;
- at least 6
From: Rafał Radecki radecki.ra...@gmail.com
We are looking for something rather not expensive but reliable which has a
good support.
Something reliable, good and not expensive... hum... We all do!
But quite a few people recommend Supermicro.
JD
On 06/26/12 6:40 AM, Rafał Radecki wrote:
- at least 6 SATA ports;
- the possibility to use SAS disks;
if the system supports SAS disks, you don't need any SATA ports. you can
plug SATA drives into SAS hotswap bays with most any SAS controllers.
--
john r pierce
Hi, Rafal,
Rafał Radecki wrote:
I am working for a hosting provider in Poland. We are currently
searching for an universal, extensible hardware platform which we
would like to use in our server infrastructure.
The platform should have:
- possibility to install up to 32GB of RAM and at least
From: Rafał Radecki radecki.ra...@gmail.com
We are looking for something rather not expensive but reliable which has a
good support.
I'd add a few more things to the list.
Redundant power supplies
dual gig nics
dual quad core cpu's
raid support w/battery backed cache
remote management
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
Hi, Rafal,
Rafał Radecki wrote:
I am working for a hosting provider in Poland. We are currently
searching for an universal, extensible hardware platform which we
would like to use in our server infrastructure.
The platform should have:
- possibility to install up
On 06/26/12 7:37 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
Are you looking for full servers, or to build from parts? Someone just
recommended Supermicro; I'm not a big fan of them just now - we have a
good number of servers from Penguin Computing that use that, and the 64
core systems seem to have a lot of
John R Pierce wrote:
On 06/26/12 7:37 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
Are you looking for full servers, or to build from parts? Someone just
recommended Supermicro; I'm not a big fan of them just now - we have a
good number of servers from Penguin Computing that use that, and the 64
core systems
On Tue, 26 Jun 2012, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
We've had a number of servers fail, and it *seems* to be related to the
motherboard.
I too have had bad experiences with SuperMicro motherboards; never had one
last more than three years.
___
CentOS
2012/6/26 Rafał Radecki radecki.ra...@gmail.com:
Hi all.
I am working for a hosting provider in Poland. We are currently
searching for an universal, extensible hardware platform which we
would like to use in our server infrastructure.
The platform should have:
- possibility to install up to
Steve Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jun 2012, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
We've had a number of servers fail, and it *seems* to be related to the
motherboard.
I too have had bad experiences with SuperMicro motherboards; never had one
last more than three years.
These are with AMDs, but we have a
Dne 26.6.2012 15:40, Rafał Radecki napsal(a):
Hi all.
I am working for a hosting provider in Poland. We are currently
searching for an universal, extensible hardware platform which we
would like to use in our server infrastructure.
The platform should have:
- possibility to install up to
David Hrbáč wrote:
Dne 26.6.2012 15:40, Rafał Radecki napsal(a):
Hi all.
I am working for a hosting provider in Poland. We are currently
searching for an universal, extensible hardware platform which we
would like to use in our server infrastructure.
The platform should have:
- possibility
On 06/26/2012 08:40 AM, Rafał Radecki wrote:
Hi all.
I am working for a hosting provider in Poland. We are currently
searching for an universal, extensible hardware platform which we
would like to use in our server infrastructure.
The platform should have:
- possibility to install up to
On 06/26/12 1:15 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
That's right, you
*did* mention 2 or 4 U servers. Really, for what you want, you can get in
a 1U box.
the decision of 1U vs 2U is largely driven by disk and IO card requirements.
a 1U Intel server can take up to 4 3.5 or 8 2.5 hotswap drives, 2
John R Pierce wrote:
On 06/26/12 1:15 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
That's right, you
*did* mention 2 or 4 U servers. Really, for what you want, you can get
in a 1U box.
the decision of 1U vs 2U is largely driven by disk and IO card
requirements.
a 1U Intel server can take up to 4 3.5 or 8
On 06/26/2012 12:03 PM, Steve Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jun 2012, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
We've had a number of servers fail, and it *seems* to be related to the
motherboard.
I too have had bad experiences with SuperMicro motherboards; never had one
last more than three years.
That runs
John R Pierce wrote:
J The SuperMicro Intel stuff seems just fine. I'd be more leary of AMD.
On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:39:06 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us said:
M We've had a number of servers fail, and it *seems* to be related to the
M motherboard. In fact, I just got the pass, and asked the
On 06/26/12 7:59 PM, Karl Vogel wrote:
I'd also second the don't buy Sun/Oracle recommendation. Oracle isn't
interested in anything but Fortune 50 business, and it shows.
its a shame, really, as Sun had some nice kit prior to the buyout.
re: Oracle's interest... they are only
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