On Mon Jan 11 03:29:06 EST 2010, w...@hush.com wrote: > >I recently built a new server out of an Intel Dualcore Atom > >motherboard > >(D945GCLF2D), it needs some kernel patches from Erik to get > >everything to > >work cleanly but it is now great. I added two 500Gb SATA disks > >mirrored for storage. > > Interessting idea. Do you use a fossil only configuration and > mirroring with fs(3)? > > Only are that there are only too two SATA ports. No space for > extensions in the future.
i hate to disagree, but i would not recommend that motherboard. perhaps i remember the pain of that motherboard more keenly. or perhaps i do not remember all the fixes. iirc, mp interrupts were broken, among other things. these products are *well* worth the extra cash. you get 2 pcie slots, 4 sata ports and a buch of other goodies for a few dollars more. also, if you can afford a few extra $, it makes sense to get a sata cdrom. mixing ide/ahci isn't much fun on ich7r. you can work around that with ftp://ftp.quanstro.net/other/9atom.iso.bz2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=supermicro+atom&x=0&y=0 - erik
