John R Pierce wrote: > On 5/16/2014 11:09 AM, Joseph Hesse wrote: >> The question in my mind is: should I just buy another workstation class >> motherboard and duplicate what I already have or buy a motherboard which >> is intended to be used as a server? > > I won't run a server that doesn't have ECC main memory. most desktop > hardware doesn't support ECC. <snip> Oh, right, *all* the servers here use ECC DIMMs. And you really, REALLY don't want to go there: a) price, b) n/s is not buffered is not registered, none of the above compatible in the same bank, and oh, yes, dual rank is *not* compatible with single rank or quad rank... I kid you not. I've had servers simply not boot by mixing two of those, and let's not forget not fitting in the slot...., and c) see a).
mark, semi-guru on DIMMs.... _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos