Hello all,
I have two questions regarding hardware support for two servers. One is
an older Supermicro with a X5DPR-iG2+ mainboard, the other is a suggestion
for a brand new box that is well-supported... Both boxes will be in a
co-lo, so stuff needs to not be "quirky".
First the old box. I need an SATA controller, non-RAID. I'll be using
gmirror. I have PCI-X slots, so I'd like to go with a PCI-X controller.
There seem to be very few out there, and this one keeps popping up
everywhere:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124014
The comments there mention the chip is a Silicon Image 3124, but I don't
know if I can trust a random NewEgg user.
Can anyone confirm that controller as working and free of quirks?
Are there other cards I should be looking at?
Next, I'm looking for a basic 1U server for light webhosting. Reliability
and compatibility are the two main concerns. I'm very happy with 3Ware
RAID cards, so I will likely add that in myself. The server would
optimally already have a hot swap SATA backplane and 4 drive bays. I'm
open to the semi-barebones route like the Supermicro servers as well as
major vendors like Dell and HP. Having some type of IP-KVM-like
functionality as an option would also be nice, but I'll settle for a
serial console. I'd like to keep this under $2K.
Both servers will be running FreeBSD 7.1 (if it's out in time).
Thanks,
Charles
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