From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ram Ramesh Subject: Re: Raid server Motherboard recommendation. Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 19:54:41 -0600 Message-ID: <564542E1.8090703@gmail.com> References: <5643FD4A.4070709@gmail.com> <46FCA36BC7E1D546AC28870158F9C25B03037AB9EC@ABRAHAM.highpoweredhelp.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46FCA36BC7E1D546AC28870158F9C25B03037AB9EC@ABRAHAM.highpoweredhelp.local> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Munger , Linux Raid List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 11/12/2015 10:04 AM, Michael Munger wrote: >>> All others seem to be X99 or other server chipsets which I am not fond of. I like desktop boards as the server also doubles as mythtv backend/frontend. > I have three of these (1 X79 Sabertooh Tuff and 2 X99 Sabertooth Tuff boards) all running like a champ with Debian. I highly recommend them. > > If you want something cheaper, I have one box (rather old) that is an Intel H61M-DS2. So, whatever the current version of that family of boards is. And I have another that is a Biostar T41 HD. Thanks for the suggestion. I have not built any with X99. May be I should try. I will think about it. Ramesh