Re: suggested motherboards for Opteron 175

From: Chris (ithinkiam_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:44:39 +0000

Bruce Allen wrote:
> What motherboards are a good match for Linux and an Opteron 175? This
> is for a 'thin' cluster computing node.
>
> Ideally I'd like:
> - one or two onboard copper gigE ports
> - *basic* onbaord graphics (nothing fancy needed).
> - support for 4 GB of ECC non-registered RAM
> - available 'remote managemnent' (IMPI 2.0 prefered) option
> - two or four port SATA controller onboard
> - lots of motherboard headers for controlling internal fans
> which monitor the fan speed.
> - I have no preference regarding PCI, PCI-X or PCI-express slots
>
> I have a preference for AMD chipsets because the docs are open, rather
> than nVidia. But anything is OK provided it has reasonable 2.6 kernel
> support.
>
> One option is the Tyan Tomcat 2865, used in the Sun x2100. What else
> would be a good match?
>
> [One further question, can one use *any* Socket 939 motherboard, or does
> it need to have some 'special' Opteron support?]
>
No it can't by any socket /939/ as Opterons are socket 940
only.

Is there a specific reason why you prefer Opteron 175s over
Athlon 64s? Apart from the ECC requirement they are
essentially the same, but the Athlons are much cheaper.

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