On 02/21/11 08:19, WK wrote:
Yes, I noticed a lot of Asus boards support ECC, and I have started using Asus boards. No remote management capability on them, but for my application, I don't need it.
Coincidentally I just built 2 machines, one using an ASUS M4A78T-E, the other with a Supermicro H8SGL-F-O Mobo, both of which can use ECC memory, and in fact work well with the same Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 ECC Unbuffered Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G (Newegg Item #: N82E16820139040 $56.99). With the addition of an 1068E based 8 port (SASUC8I) controller, the H8SGL box has 14 direct SAS/SATA ports and is the basis for a pretty decent ZFS server, development machine and VBox manager with room for 10 3.5" drives, 8 hot swap, in a Supermicro 743TQ case.
Another thread on this liast reported some problems with Asus boards and SAS/SATA HBAs. In a week or so I will receive a SuperMicro HBA, and learn for myself if there is a problem.
Other than SATA SSD boot disk, the ASUS box is basically diskless, so I can't speak for ability of either of the X16 slots to handle an HBA. The SuperMicro stuff is beautifully made and worked right out of the box. The first ASUS mobo had no video and ASUS tech support said to RMA it. Unfortunately removing the CPU to do so damaged the CPU, so it too had to be replaced. The replacement Mobo+CPU work fine, but added an extra $100 to the overall cost and actually makes the H8SGL seem like a better deal - it is sold as a "server" mobo, after all. FWIW the G34 socket is much better to work with than the AM3. HTH -- Frank _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
