Re: dual opteron m/b: S2875ANRF vs. GA-7A8DW
I dont use any of the 2 boards, but things to watch out for are drivers
for using Raid together with the Sil3114.
The proprietary drivers come only for a few OS's yet. The Opensource
driver is of course available as alternative.
Best regards
Nils Valentin
> I have a Gigabyte GA-7A8DW.
>
> Installs (sid-amd64-netinst.iso) and runs perfectly fine on
> Pure64/unstable.
> The EATX size caught me out and I had to get a bigger case.
>
> $ uptime
> 17:19:49 up 26 days, 14 min, 2 users, load average: 1.42, 0.53, 0.23
> (not working too hard currently, but was compiling with make -j2 :-)
>
> The two PCI-X slots can be used as standard PCI slots.
>
> The only thing to watch for is to make sure the DDR is in the right slots,
> or
> it won't boot (at all).
>
> Hope this helps.
> Later
> Lee Begg
>
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:54, Max wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I'm hesitating over a choice of a dual opteron motherboard. Currently I
>> consider two options:
>>
>> Tyan S2875ANRF http://tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8w_spec.html
>> and
>> Gigabyte GA-7A8DW
>> http://tw.giga-byte.com/Server/Products/Products_ServerBoard_GA-7A8DW.htm
>>
>> They are quite similar (including a price ;) though there are some
>> differences:
>>
>> 1. Form factor ATX vs. EATX (although Gigabyte claims "design to fit ATX
>> chassis screw hole", and I think it will fit my middle-tower).
>>
>> 2. Tyan's board has Intel 82541EI GbE LAN controller on-board while
>> Gigabyte's possess Broadcom BCM 5705 (which one is better?).
>>
>> 3. Tyan has 5 PCI slots, Gigabyte - 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI (currently I don't
>> have any PCI-X devices).
>>
>> 4. Tyan has integrated Firewire controller (I use firewire sometimes,
>> currently with PCI controller).
>>
>> With respect to the features, I would prefer Tyan's board. But as a
>> brand I
>> like Gigabyte better than Tyan: previously I've had some negative
>> experience with Tyan, and for more than a year I have been very pleased
>> by
>> dual-athlon Gigabyte motherboard GA-7DPXDW-P.
>>
>> The motherboard is going to be used for intensive 24/7 computations. Of
>> course, under Debian pure64.
>>
>> Please share your experience or suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Max
>
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