Hi, Dual core support is not distro specific. It depends on the kernel used. I believe that debian, with a recent (2.6.12.3+) kernel should be fine.
Ed Tomlinson On Monday 18 July 2005 01:36, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > Dear People, > > My bioinformatics research group at Duke is buying a server, which will > mostly be used as a server, particularly for web based services. The idea > here is that a user will submit a request for some bioinformatics > calculation via a web interface (often using Python or R or similar), the > server does the calculation, and returns it as a web page. > > None of us are experts about recent hardware, so would appreciate any > feedback about hardware specs. > > The following quote is from Monarch Computers. > > We plan to run Linux on this. It has not yet been decided yet what, but it > seems most likely that it will be either some Red Hat variant (Fedora > Core, CentOS), or Debian (possibly Ubuntu). > > Ok, so here are some specific questions. > > 1) Dual core Opterons first came on the market in April. The sales rep > said that AMD Dual Core Opterons did not work with Fedora Core. Since they > only install Fedora and SuSE, they had no info about Debian. Any idea what > the status is here? How well are they supported, and how stably do they > run under Linux? > > Also, I was told that a dual core Opteron, which is somewhat more than > twice the cost two regular Opterons of similar speed, is not equivalent to > two regular Opterons in functionality. Can anyone point me to information > about this, or offer a comment? > > 2) I'm wondering if the listed motherboard is the best choice. I see it > listed in > http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/27/mainboards.html > > We are looking for the motherboard that has the least known issues. > Preferably something that will work right out of the box. > > Google found me http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2004/09/msg00443.html > but would be interested in other reports. > > The specs are here > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8spro_spec.html > > It looks like both the graphics card and the ethernet cards are onboard. > Looks like the graphics card is ATI RAGE XL PCI, which supposedly works > with the 'ati' driver. Is this under XFree 4.3? > > The ethernet cards are an Intel Ethernet Pro 100, which supposedly works > with the e100 driver and a Gigabit Broadcom which works with the tg3 > driver. There seem to be two cards here. Is that correct? > > I'm kinda allergic to onboard cards. They are often trouble. > > Has anyone had experience with Debian Sarge installation with this? Does > anyone have a board to suggest that they prefer to this? > > 3) I'm also wondering if peple have thoughts about the RAID setup. The rep > said he would be using RAID 1, but I see RAID 10 is listed. I'll have to > check on this. Anyway, assuming this corresponds to > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks#RAID_10 > with each RAID 1 set as two drives, and 4 RAID 1 sets striped together, > does this seem reasonable? > > Thanks. Faheem. > > *********************************************************************** > ITEM NUM PRICE PER ITEM TOT > > Monarch Empro Custom 2U Rack S 1.00 75.00 75.00 > > RMC2K2-9I-XPSS,2U,8 Bays,SATA, 1.00 725.00 725.00 > > AIC 2U Riser Card/Rear Window 1.00 112.00 112.00 > > Tyan S2882G3NR-D Dual Socket94 1.00 394.00 394.00 > > Amd OSA265FAA6CB Dual Core Opt 2.00 851.00 1,702.00 > > Thermal Grease, Shin-Etsu G675 2.00 14.00 28.00 > > THERMALTAKE A1838 AMD Opteron 2.00 25.00 50.00 > > WESTERN DIGITAL 250 GB 2500JD 1.00 115.00 115.00 > > 3WARE Escalade 9500S-8 - 8-por 1.00 485.00 485.00 > > RAID 10 Setup 1.00 25.00 25.00 > > WESTERN DIGITAL 250 GB 2500JD 8.00 115.00 920.00 > > SONY DWD-56A 8X4X2.4 DVD RW+/- 1.00 129.00 129.00 > > SUSE Linux 9.3 Professional Ed 1.00 92.00 92.00 > > 24/7 TECH SUPPORT+ONSITE 3 YR. 1.00 199.00 199.00 > > Net Order: 5,051.00 > Freight: 75.00 > 5,126.00 > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]