Server MBs

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 12:04 -0400, A. Khattri wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> 
> > Generally speaking i don't think you can run Xeons and P4s in the same
> > motherboard, as they have different numbers of pins.  The P4C800 you
> > mentioned certainly can't take Xeons.
> 
> I dont think this is what he meant: he wants to run a P4-based board in a
> chassis who's manufacturer only talks about Xeon-based boards.

Exactly.

> I think the OP needs to look at the board specs (form factor: ATX?
> eATX?) and the processor type (certain processors need very large
> heatsinks to operate) to determine if the board fits the case. He will
> need to determine if it will fit in a 1U or 2U (or more?) case.

The chassis claim ATX boards will work.

> Even though 1U looks nicer, the advantage with 2U cases is that they will
> take standard PC power supplies and other components (thus they are
> cheaper to maintain).

I need 2U because I need to add 4 hot swappable SATA disks as well as a
full length/height 66/64 PCI board (2 channels of jpeg2000 capture in
real time)

> Im currently in the process of rebuilding a server into a new case, I
> chose the SuperMicro SC822S-400LP (they are a solid manufacturer and the
> case comes with a SCSI hot-swap backplane - its pricey but with the
> backplane it works out cheaper).
> 
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