hardware pro server na amd64

[David Komanek]

Dobry den,

snazim se zorientovat v problematice hardwaru pro FreeBSD na adm64. Rad 
bych vybral dualni desku pro opterona s vhodnym chipsetem. Pokud bude na 
desce rovnou i funkcni Gb ethernet, tim lepe, ale neni podminkou, kartu 
muzu koupit zvlast. Stejne tak nepozaduji SCSI na desce, domnivam se, ze 
mi plne vyhovi Adaptec RAID 2130SLP, (pripadne 2230SLP - pouziva to 
stejny ovladac, ze ?). Idealni by bylo, abych vzal bootovaci CD freeBSD 
aktualni verze a rovnou jej nainstaloval na RAID 5 za uvedenym radicem, 
bez nutnosti pouzivat nejake berlicky v podobe SATA nebo PATA disku.

Postupne jsem ruznymi lidmi zrazovan od vsech moznych desek, az mne jeden 
ochotny clovek odkazal na tuto konferenci. Jake dualni desky pro opteron 
jsou vhodne ?

Diky,

   David Komanek

P.S.: prikladam jeste muj puvodni dotaz do jine konference na toto tema 
:-)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:19:18 +0200 (CEST)
From: David Komanek <xdavid at lib-eth.natur.cuni.cz>
To: freebsd-amd64 at freebsd.org
Subject: designing new freebsd server for amd64 arch


Hi all,

I am trying to design new machine for FreeBSD running on amd64 platform. I 
already read officially supported hardware list as well as many discussions 
concerning hardware for FreeBSD. Still I am not quite sure, what motherboard to 
choose. I need dual opteron motherboard, which covers (or can be extended by 
add-on cards) 2x Gb ethernet networking device and scsi raid 5. I read that 
FreeBSD has problems with asus and msi motherboards, so I decided to use some 
tyan board. Those with integrated ZCR Adaptec seem to me to be also 
problematic. What do you suggest based on your experience ?

Now I prefer:
Tyan Thunder K8WE, S2895A2NRF
2x AMD Opteron 250 Box
Adaptec 2130SLP
4x Hitachi 3.5" 73.4 GB (SCSI Ultra 320),10 000 rpm
HP DLT 40/80
2x Gb LAN - I plan use the on-board ones

but I am not sure whether
- motherboard's nForce chipsets are well supported on amd64 port of FreeBSD
- I can install directly to RAID 5 behind the Adaptec 2130SLP and boot from it 
without the need of installing on a separate SATA drive (or even old ATA ?)
- is it possible to attach the HP DLT drive to the same SCSI controller as the 
RAID5-configured disks ?
- how strong power supply should I use for this or similar configuration ? (I 
expect at least 500W, but what is your experience)

Maybe you will suggest to use completely another motherboard - I am open to it 
too.

Thanks in advance,

   David Komanek
   Charles University in Prague
   Prague, CZ