Can you tell us where we can order the Nexcom systems from and how much
they cost? Also, has anybody done any analysis to see if these systems
are overkill? LEAF should not need Xeon processors, even for 24 Gbit
ports.
On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 09:02 +0000, Erich Titl wrote:
>
> cpu memhd wrote:
> > Hey Erich,
> >
> > I haven't tried it. But I thought I should comment on the architecture. It
> > uses the Xeon Blackford chipset, which uses FB-DIMMS, which run very hot.
> > I have 4 DIMMS, 4GB RAM in one of my personal servers, a 5000V Blackford
> > and the DIMMs seem to generate lots more heat than the CPU: a Xeon 1.86
> > 5000 series.
> >
> > I have looked at the Nexcom solutions and I've been considering getting an
> > 8-port 1083 which uses the desktop Q965 chipset.
> >
> > Anyhow, the 2189 would be nicer I think, if it used a 5100 board because
> > it supports DDR2. Or better yet, the 3200 series (for the most part, 1333
> > MHz bus versions of the previous 3000 series Xeon boards... which are just
> > glorified Conroe boards). The 3xxx Xeon boards are cheap and the 1333
> > MHz/3000 Xeons are dirt cheap even at >= 3 GHz speeds
>
> Well, I need it for _many_ ports, but looking at the little specs I got
> I am a bit worried that LEAF will not support the LAN chips. It all
> depends whether the multi port boards are of the Intel® 82571EB or
> 82546GB chip set. It appears that the 82571EB is only supported in the
> 2.6 kernel.
>
> Erich
>
>
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