[KLUG Members] Informal Survey

[Bryan J. Smith]

Quoting Adam Bultman <adamb@glaven.org>:
> I run a few machines, but I never got my SMP box off the ground.
> Stupid ebay cheats!
> I'd rather have the SMP for my server. All I have are single systems.
> Anyone have a dual 400 MHZ PII board?
> All my systems at work at single proc systems, although my two db
> servers'll be upgraded to Dual if I *ever get the chance*.

For database and file servers, I highly recommend you make sure you get a
mainboard that has multiple I/O and memory channels and a good storage subsystem.

For the P2/P3, these are ServerWorks (fka RCC) chipsets.  For the P4, the Intel
7500 is actually a ServerWorks licensed chipset.

For low-cost, but fast and redundant storage, I highly recommend you investigate
3Ware Escalade ATA RAID controllers.  They are full-up ASIC+SRAM driven boards,
and not "trick BIOS" ones like the Promise FastTrak or mainboard-integrated ones.

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