On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 18:07 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > [Note, this post was also put up on Openindiana general so maybe ot > here but with close similarity and given that I ran osol till the mess > with Oracle came on. I hope to pick brains here too that are willing] > > I've been running oi (before that osol) on what is now an older AMD > Athlon64 +3400 with three GB ram which is the max on that Abit board. > > My setup is only a small scale home server intended to supply my need > of lots of room for video editing files and other hefty graphic > projects. > > Something has happened to render the hardware unusable and rather than > spend time investigating, I think I'd as soon upgrade. Even if the > fix were simple. > > I'm not looking for bleeding edge but something a few yrs old (2-3). > I'd like to have the option of at least 8GB ram so it would need a mobo > that supports that much. Also the board should have a nice lot of > sata controllers and ports. > > 64 bit architecture also a requirement. > > Don't care about sound or video being more than adequate. > > It could be a mobo cpu bundle or a full computer. > > Cutting to the chase then... I hoped some of you may know what is > something midway or so from my old Athlon and up to date hardware. > I'd like to have some names and specs to search for an ebay or > whereever since there is such a plethora of stuff available a person > could flounder around in it endlessly without some specific targets. > > I'm afraid it would take a lot of research on my part to come up with > the names as I have not kept up with trends for some years. > > I'm thinking some of the folks here will know off the top of there > heads, hardware that would match the spec laid out above, so I'm > hoping to tap into that knowledge rather than immerse myself in > research.... lazy I guess, but if it does not require much on the part > of any responders I'd like to hear from you. > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
As I've noted previously on the ZFS-discuss list, my primary recommendation for mid-range home-use servers is used name-brand hardware. I'd look at IBM-labeled stuff, as it tends to be very feature-complete and quite compatible with Solaris/OSol. Dell stuff is OK, but Dell's tendency to use strange NICs isn't the best. I have no experience with HP equipment, and Sun equipment still is expensive (even used) vs IBM stuff. I like the IBM x3400 and x3500 pedestal servers (which, while they have lots of PCI-E slots, only have x8, so no big graphics cards), or the IBM A- or M-series Intellistation. In any case, the IBM xRef page is a good place to start for comparing specs. You should be able to get yourself a really nice box for $500 or so, used. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/xref If you can find one cheap enough, the Sun Ultra 20 M2 is ideal for you. If you want to re-use your existing kit, and just replace the motherboard, I'd look at either single-socket AMD Opterons, or AM2/AM3-based motherboards. Ideally, you'd want an Athlon II or Phenom II, but an older Athlon64 X2 is find, too. If they've got 4 DIMM sockets, they'll support 8GB or more of RAM. Get the AMD systems, since you *REALLY* should use ECC RAM in your system, which all AMD systems support, but only Intel Xeon-based ones will. -- Erik Trimble Java System Support Mailstop: usca22-317 Phone: x67195 Santa Clara, CA Timezone: US/Pacific (GMT-0800) _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
