Speaking of high end linux hardware, know anyone using the new high end AMD MP chips for a linux box, and what kind of performance they're comparable to Intel's SMP?
I'm thinking about upgrading my dualie 466 for one of the new Tyan boards and popping in a couple of the MP 1800's. Ive heard that the FreeBSD folks have 'certified' the chips, but havent heard about linux embracing them yet..
Im thinking this would be a great, and relatively inexpensive power server if the architecture works worth a damn with the latest linux kernels..
Tyan Tiger 2480
2 AMD MP 1800 processors
2 Gig DDR Memory
GeForce 2MMX (Why bother with a 3 or a 4 yet, havent heard anything great about the linux performance, doubt the Xfree performance would be any better from 1 to the other)
Trying to decide whether to bite the bullet for SCSI drives, or just go with 2 standard WD 120 Gig's and set them up with an IDE RAID card.... If I can find a good SCSI raid array pretty cheap, I might think about it..
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