On 02/23/09 20:24, Ilya Tatar wrote:
Hello,
I am building a home file server and am looking for an ATX mother
board that will be supported well with OpenSolaris (onboard SATA
controller, network, graphics if any, audio, etc). I decided to go for
Intel based boards (socket LGA 775) since it seems like power
management is better supported with Intel processors and power
efficiency is an important factor. After reading several posts about
ZFS it looks like I want ECC memory as well.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Any motherboard for the Core2 or Core i7 Intel processors with the ICH
southbridge (desktop boards) or
ESB2 soutbridge (server boards) will be well supported. I recommend an
actual Intel
board since they also always use the Intel network chip (well supported
and tuned). Many of the third
party boards from MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, DFI, ECS, and others also work,
but for some (penny pinching)
reason, they tend to use network chips like Marvell that are not yet
supported, or Realtek,
for which some of the models are supported.
So using an actual board from Intel Corp will be best supported right
out of the box.
For that matter, because of the work we do with Intel, almost any of
their boards will
be supported using the ICH 6, 7, 8, 9, or ICH10 SATA ports in either
legacy or AHCI
mode. Again, almost any version of the Intel network (NIC) chips are
supported across
all their boards. If you are able to find one that is not, I'd love to
hear about it and
add it to our work queue.
In the most recent builds of Solaris Nevada (SXCE), the integrated Intel
graphics
found on many of the boards is well supported. On other boards, use a
low end
VGA card.
Again, if you find an Intel board where the graphics is not supported or
not working,
please let us know the specifics and we'll fix it.
Cheers,
Neal
Here are a few that I found. Any comments about those?
Supermicro C2SBX+
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Core2Duo/X48/C2SBX+.cfm
Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4
gigabyte:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2810
Intel S3200SHV
http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/Entry-S3200SH/Entry-S3200SH-overview.htm
Thanks for any help,
-Ilya
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