Motherboard question.

[Stephen]

Look into supermicro boards

A little more but very reliable


On 6/19/09, Jeff at WealthXtreme.com <jljames at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have two ATX boxes I wish to rebuild with all new internals.  I am looking
> for motherboards for both.  I wish to run some flavor of Linux server on
> them and would like your opinions.   So far, the devices I will need at
> least one of these boards to support, if not both are :
>
> *Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI Card
>
> Seagate Model STD68000N DDS3 Tape Backup
>
> One Seagate Cheetah ST336752LW  HDD*
>
> *Each unit also already has a Seagate "Hornet" SCSI Tape backup mounted in
> it.   I think these are 5.25 " Tapes ?  They are larger than the smaller
> DDS3 tapes.  One of the Model numbers on one of the units is "STT38000N".*
>
> These devices may be too old for the new technologies, but I was hoping to
> possibly find boards with maybe 64-bit, 133 MHz FSB or better, Quad Core
> Xeon, and at least 8GB of RAM.   I'm really interested in the ABIT boards.
> I know I may be reaching here, but any help would be greatly appreciated.
> I would like to purchase the boards and start putting it all together, then
> I would also like your opinions on the best Linux Server Distr and would
> like to bring it all down to an install fest sometime to get it all
> configured correctly.
>
> Thanks Again,
>
> Jeff
>

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