On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 06:05:56PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:48:56 +0100
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 05:14:16PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > > I'm getting ready to build a new 1U server for myself; those two
> > > MBs have been suggested.
> > 
> > I think you forgot to name the motherboards ...
> > 
> 
> Oops!
> 
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/3010/PDSME+.cfm
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/P4/E7221/P8SCi.cfm

OK. I'm not sure the 82573 ethernet works fine with NetBSD, but I'm
not sure about the broadcom either.
VT support is definitively a plus for Xen, I can't live without it any more :)

Both have an AHCI SATA controller, but the PDSME+ is 3.0Gb/s (ws 1.5Gb/s for
the P8SCi). Also, the PDSME+ takes DDR2-667Mhz memory, vs 553 for the P8SCi.

I would go with the PDSME+ :)

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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