ServerWorks HT1000 vs nVidia

[Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO]

 Serverworks makes awesome chipsets, but you talked about doing Raid.  You might want the second board with the built-in Raid option.  The only problem I see with your second board is the Marvell NIC chipset.  Not saying they are all bad, but I had lots of problems with a couple of models of Gateway computers with Marvell NICs.  Check to see if there are any Linux driver problems with those.  Otherwise, either one should be fine.


-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of hanasaki
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 7:23 PM


Any input/thoughts on the below two motherboards and quality,
performance etc of the chipsets and Linux support?

thanks

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CPU:
Supports AMD Opteron 1** 939 pin(dual-core OK)

Memory:
Up to 8GB of DDR/400, 333 unbuffered in 4 DIMMS.

Integrated with:
Dual Gigabit LAN Ethernet Broadcom 5704C
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ports with max 480Mbps data
ATI Rage XL VGA video controller.
Serverwork HT1000 controller supporting 4 ports SATA-2
one IDE --Ultra DMA/100.
2 USB ports
IPMI 2.0 remote management option

Chipset:
ServerWorks HT1000

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CPU:
one µPGA 939-pin socket only;
supports AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, and Opteron (Dual-Core OK) 939
processors

Memory:
Up to 8GB of DDR/400, 333 unbuffered in 4 DIMMS.

Integrated with:
one Gigabit LAN Ethernet Broadcom 5721
one Marvell 88E1111-CAA PHY + nVIDIA MAC 10/100/1000 Ethernet
4x USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ports with max 480Mbps data
ATI Rage XL VGA video controller.
Serial ATA (SATA) Host controllers embedded
* Supports four ports running at 3.0Gb/s
* RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD support
Dual IDE --Ultra DMA/133.