Motherboard choice for dual CPU server...

[Phil21]

Hey guys, wondering what you would choose for a stable server board..

These are the requirements.

1. Dual CPU support (Intel or AMD)
2. On-board LAN (intel or 3com) and onboard video (anything. just needs 640x480 text mode)
3. Preferrably a non-VIA chipset

The following is in order of importance to us..

1. Reliability. We mean 24/7 constant data pumping reliability.
2. Price
3. # of DIMM slots
4. Non-via chipset. We tend to not like VIA much because of #1 there.

We'd be putting in 800 to 1ghtz CPU's in the things. Support for DDR or Rambus is not needed at all. We want to put in 4x256MB dimm's though right away (PC133).

Right now, we're looking at the Tyan Tiger 200. Which is a dual socket 370 VIA chipsetted board, with only 3 DIMM slots. Anything in it's price range that either has more DIMM slots, or a non-via chipset would be welcome.

thanks for the time!

-Phil

 

[VivienM]

<< Hey guys, wondering what you would choose for a stable server board..

These are the requirements.

1. Dual CPU support (Intel or AMD)
2. On-board LAN (intel or 3com) and onboard video (anything. just needs 640x480 text mode)
3. Preferrably a non-VIA chipset

The following is in order of importance to us..

1. Reliability. We mean 24/7 constant data pumping reliability.
2. Price
3. # of DIMM slots
4. Non-via chipset. We tend to not like VIA much because of #1 there.

We'd be putting in 800 to 1ghtz CPU's in the things. Support for DDR or Rambus is not needed at all. We want to put in 4x256MB dimm's though right away (PC133).

Right now, we're looking at the Tyan Tiger 200. Which is a dual socket 370 VIA chipsetted board, with only 3 DIMM slots. Anything in it's price range that either has more DIMM slots, or a non-via chipset would be welcome.

thanks for the time!

-Phil >>



I'd recommend the Intel STL2. It's ServerWorks-based, goes up to 4 gigs registered ECC SDRAM (4 DIMM slots), dual CPU, etc.

Ours seems to work quite nicely (running FreeBSD), but it is somewhat expensive (~500-600USD, check ibuyer.net)

 

[tiap]

Can't go wrong with TYAN