On 3/31/07, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
thats a desktop motherboard, not really what I'd consider 'server'
grade. Now, if this is just a SOHO 'server', that may not matter, but
if this is going into a colocation site to host production websites, I'd
want a 1U or 2U server with niceties like hotswap hard drives, redundant
power supplies, and ECC memory, perhaps one of the Tyan or SuperMicro
servers.
This is going into a 4U chassis with redundant PSU and hotswap :) The remaining hardware is largely constrained by budget. But of course, if anybody has a better suggestion for a reasonably priced board from Asus or Gigabyte that has two NIC, supports Core 2 Duo and ECC with onboard graphics, I'm all game :)
Tyan & SuperMicro are out because it would take the local reseller like a week or two to get the board, I don't want to know what will happen if the board dies. It's far safer and cheaper for me to keep a spare desktop board from Asus/Gigabyte. I have close to zero confidence in Abit boards, little confidence in product quality and after sales support of other brands distributors in my local area. If this wasn't for a server, I would pick an MSI board for cheap pricing and excellent local support.
On another issue, I feel that generic 1P servers are more defined by the redundancy features than the board itself. Raid, Hotswap drives and redundant power supplies are more crucial than the board. I've clients who ran lan gaming shops and I supplied them easily thousands of systems over the past few years. Although they don't run 24/7 like servers, the 12~16 hours or so they are in operation tend to see much more intensive usage compared to what I'm expecting on this setup. Relatively few boards have died compared to numerous fans, drives and power supplies.
Hence even if I can get the budget for it, I'd rather spend it on a standby system, and do this HA heartbeat thing I've been reading up, than spend it on an expensive board from Tyan/SuperMicro.
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