* Daniel Ouellet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-29 22:20]: > I was looking at the HP DL-145 G2 with SCSI on them and I also saw the > new Sun X4100. > Looking at the less then complete technical information on the Sun > server, I don't see the details of the chip set use in that server, > network card, etc. So, I can't search to see if OpenBSD may work on it > or not.
afaik the 4100 and 4200 use the slightly aged AMD chipset, same thing as in the HP DL145 G1, the V20z, and the IBM - should just work. I am more curious about the 2100 actually. Finally a vendor got it and made a (apparently) decent single-CPU amd64 1U machine with a reasonable price tag. I am uncertain what chipset they use, might be nForce, might be Via. As long as both GigEs and the SATA stuff works, and there's no other showstopper, I don't care. If anyone is able to get his hands on one, please report :) And I am actually surprised sun is the one vendor who finally got it. Sorry supermicro, you had your chance, bye bye. > I saw posts from Henning for best network cards, still true and what > about a 4x ports in these new servers? I am eagerly waiting for the SK V2 chipset to become supported. This is in the works. Haven't seen a 4port one yet tho. -- BS Web Services, http://www.bsws.de/ OpenBSD-based Webhosting, Mail Services, Managed Servers, ... Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)
