Look into supermicro boards A little more but very reliable
On 6/19/09, j...@wealthxtreme.com <jlja...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > I have two ATX boxes I wish to rebuild with all new internals. I am looking > for motherboards for both. I wish to run some flavor of Linux server on > them and would like your opinions. So far, the devices I will need at > least one of these boards to support, if not both are : > > *Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI Card > > Seagate Model STD68000N DDS3 Tape Backup > > One Seagate Cheetah ST336752LW HDD* > > *Each unit also already has a Seagate "Hornet" SCSI Tape backup mounted in > it. I think these are 5.25 " Tapes ? They are larger than the smaller > DDS3 tapes. One of the Model numbers on one of the units is "STT38000N".* > > These devices may be too old for the new technologies, but I was hoping to > possibly find boards with maybe 64-bit, 133 MHz FSB or better, Quad Core > Xeon, and at least 8GB of RAM. I'm really interested in the ABIT boards. > I know I may be reaching here, but any help would be greatly appreciated. > I would like to purchase the boards and start putting it all together, then > I would also like your opinions on the best Linux Server Distr and would > like to bring it all down to an install fest sometime to get it all > configured correctly. > > Thanks Again, > > Jeff > -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
