-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Jean-Paul Natola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi everyone, > > I'm looking to retire my PIII freebsd box for something a little more of age- > being that I'm at a non-profit I do not have the largest of budgets- > > On that note I have never used and AMD before for a server so I was looking > at this box > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=17 > 40107&CatId=1206 > > it seems pretty good in terms of hardware-cpu speed/ram/raid etc.. > > and for approx 600 bucks I cant really complain- I'm womdnering if there if > there are any compatibility issues I need to watch out for , here are the > specs; > > Form Factor 2U Rackmounted > Processor Class Athlon64 > Processor Number 3500+ > Processor Speed 2.20GHz > Processor Interface Socket AM2 > Processors Supported 1 > Additional Technologies HyperTransport > Memory Type DDR2 > Total Memory 1 GB > Memory Speed DDR2 667 (PC2-5400) > Compatible RAID Levels 0+1 0,1,5 > Number Of Hard Drives 2 > Hard Drive Size 160 GB > Hard Drive Interface SATA-II > Spindle Speed (RPM) 7200 > Buffer Memory 8 MB > Optical Drive Type 52x CD-ROM > Communications Description Integrated LAN > Data Transfer Rate 10 Mbps 100 Mbps 1000 Mbps > >
I'm not familliar with that specific board, but this will get you started: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/hardware.html I think you're biggest concern is the RAID card. Make sure that's ok. What kind of network card is onboard? That would be another thing to verify. Good luck, Bob _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
