Thanx for the advice, we had actually chosen a 3 Ware Escalade 8500-series S-ATA controller, but have been unable to locate a dealer for the product locally (or online) with a good price; thus the fall-back to Adaptec. Lots of eBay-ers' selling them, but no one has retail versions, only OEM lacking the required cable kits... any help here? Anyone know-of / have / are a good source for these boards? Need basic RAID 5 functionality with best support possible, at a sub $500 pricetag for 4 channel serial ATA...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eirik Øverby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Communications Machine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 4:07 PM Subject: Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware? > Hoi there, > > I don't see any problems, except ..... <browse down> > > On 18. Oct 2004, at 21:19, Communications Machine wrote: > > > Hey all, looking to upgrade a server used in a small business here, > > looking > > for opinions and advice about migrating to an AMD64 system, vs. using > > i386 > > box, also if it would not be just as feasible to use i386 distribution > > on > > AMD64 hardware simply for the speed? > > > > Here's what we've got now, and have been running for a few years > > without > > fail; just things getting a little slow to keep-up with things now: > > > > AMD K62 - 300mhz CPU > > 768 Megs RAM > > 60GB ATA-133 and 80GB ATA-133 Drive attached to Promise TX2 Controller > > (no > > raid) > > > > System serves as: > > - mailserver (sendmail/pop3/spamd/mimedefang with custom filters) > > - webserver ('standard' apache serving mostly static pages) > > - application server (apache/mod_perl mostly, lot of custom apps) > > - squid proxy server/gateway using authentication and custom > > logging > > - samba server for workgroup, not primary fileserver but used > > quite a > > bit > > - MySQL server *** several databases nearing couple hundred megs > > worth > > of data, queries starting to take longer than ever before... > > - FTP server, (combined with http/upload virtually hosted site), > > operates as place for customers/vendors to drop/receive data - used > > quite > > frequently, but for mostly sub 1gb files > > - many custom apps, mostly written in PERL, which process data via > > cronjobs, etc. > > > > > > Here's what we're proposing for the new hardware: > > > > AMD Athlon64 - 3200+ (Socket 754 - I know, but it's cheap) > > MSI K8T-FSR (VIA Chipset) > > Adaptec AAC-2410SA 4-Port S-ATA RAID Controller > > This one is gonna be tricky on you, I think. The driver used for most > Adaptec RAID controllers (IDE and SCSI alike) isn't currently working > on amd64 (in 64-bit mode, that is). I have repeatedly asked if anyone > will step up to the task and fix that, as I have an Adaptec > Zero-Channel RAID add-on-board for my dual opteron just collecting dust > at the moment, but the general answer is 'no time'... Too bad. > Then again, I have nothing but really REALLY bad experiences with > Adaptec IDE RAID solutions, so perhaps you should choose differently > there.. Most all the others are supported, and supported well afaik. > > /Eirik > > > (4) Seagate 200GB S-ATA Drives to be configured RAID 5 > > 2048MB DDR400 Non-ECC RAM > > DVD-ROM, floppy, etc... > > > > Just wondering if we should maintain i386/4.9 distribution and wait > > for the > > AMD64 platform to mature further into stability as the releases > > progress... > > or to jump on the FreeBSD 5.x.x bandwagon and go with a native AMD64 > > platform; so long as we can run Apache/mod_perl + mysql, things should > > be > > all good... or not? > > > > Any advice, suggestions (hardware or software) would be greatly > > appreciated, > > please either CC the list and reply, or vice-versa as we are not > > directly > > subscribed to the mailing list for -questions, only for amd64 - > > thank-you. > > > > -- > > Nathan Vidican > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. > > http://www.wmptl.com/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > > > > - Love over Gold - > > > > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"