Re: comments about hardware
Hi,
Dual core support is not distro specific. It depends on the kernel used.
I believe that debian, with a recent (2.6.12.3+) kernel should be fine.
Ed Tomlinson
On Monday 18 July 2005 01:36, Faheem Mitha wrote:
>
> Dear People,
>
> My bioinformatics research group at Duke is buying a server, which will
> mostly be used as a server, particularly for web based services. The idea
> here is that a user will submit a request for some bioinformatics
> calculation via a web interface (often using Python or R or similar), the
> server does the calculation, and returns it as a web page.
>
> None of us are experts about recent hardware, so would appreciate any
> feedback about hardware specs.
>
> The following quote is from Monarch Computers.
>
> We plan to run Linux on this. It has not yet been decided yet what, but it
> seems most likely that it will be either some Red Hat variant (Fedora
> Core, CentOS), or Debian (possibly Ubuntu).
>
> Ok, so here are some specific questions.
>
> 1) Dual core Opterons first came on the market in April. The sales rep
> said that AMD Dual Core Opterons did not work with Fedora Core. Since they
> only install Fedora and SuSE, they had no info about Debian. Any idea what
> the status is here? How well are they supported, and how stably do they
> run under Linux?
>
> Also, I was told that a dual core Opteron, which is somewhat more than
> twice the cost two regular Opterons of similar speed, is not equivalent to
> two regular Opterons in functionality. Can anyone point me to information
> about this, or offer a comment?
>
> 2) I'm wondering if the listed motherboard is the best choice. I see it
> listed in
> http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/27/mainboards.html
>
> We are looking for the motherboard that has the least known issues.
> Preferably something that will work right out of the box.
>
> Google found me http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2004/09/msg00443.html
> but would be interested in other reports.
>
> The specs are here
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8spro_spec.html
>
> It looks like both the graphics card and the ethernet cards are onboard.
> Looks like the graphics card is ATI RAGE XL PCI, which supposedly works
> with the 'ati' driver. Is this under XFree 4.3?
>
> The ethernet cards are an Intel Ethernet Pro 100, which supposedly works
> with the e100 driver and a Gigabit Broadcom which works with the tg3
> driver. There seem to be two cards here. Is that correct?
>
> I'm kinda allergic to onboard cards. They are often trouble.
>
> Has anyone had experience with Debian Sarge installation with this? Does
> anyone have a board to suggest that they prefer to this?
>
> 3) I'm also wondering if peple have thoughts about the RAID setup. The rep
> said he would be using RAID 1, but I see RAID 10 is listed. I'll have to
> check on this. Anyway, assuming this corresponds to
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks#RAID_10
> with each RAID 1 set as two drives, and 4 RAID 1 sets striped together,
> does this seem reasonable?
>
> Thanks. Faheem.
>
> ***********************************************************************
> ITEM NUM PRICE PER ITEM TOT
>
> Monarch Empro Custom 2U Rack S 1.00 75.00 75.00
>
> RMC2K2-9I-XPSS,2U,8 Bays,SATA, 1.00 725.00 725.00
>
> AIC 2U Riser Card/Rear Window 1.00 112.00 112.00
>
> Tyan S2882G3NR-D Dual Socket94 1.00 394.00 394.00
>
> Amd OSA265FAA6CB Dual Core Opt 2.00 851.00 1,702.00
>
> Thermal Grease, Shin-Etsu G675 2.00 14.00 28.00
>
> THERMALTAKE A1838 AMD Opteron 2.00 25.00 50.00
>
> WESTERN DIGITAL 250 GB 2500JD 1.00 115.00 115.00
>
> 3WARE Escalade 9500S-8 - 8-por 1.00 485.00 485.00
>
> RAID 10 Setup 1.00 25.00 25.00
>
> WESTERN DIGITAL 250 GB 2500JD 8.00 115.00 920.00
>
> SONY DWD-56A 8X4X2.4 DVD RW+/- 1.00 129.00 129.00
>
> SUSE Linux 9.3 Professional Ed 1.00 92.00 92.00
>
> 24/7 TECH SUPPORT+ONSITE 3 YR. 1.00 199.00 199.00
>
> Net Order: 5,051.00
> Freight: 75.00
> 5,126.00
>
>
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