Re: differences: servers MBOs vs. regular MBOs
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Posted by Paul on July 24, 2008, 1:32 am
Please log in for more thread options A server is more likely to be equipped with ECC or a similar mechanism, on the RAM. For your "32GB" case, that would be important, due to the odds of a memory error occurring. Some servers will even include the ability to have a "spare" DIMM present, which can be used in the event of a hardware failure. Servers have a variety of I/O slot types. For example, a server may have a PCI-X slot, which is suited for some of the older RAID cards. While there are PCI Express versions of cards available now, they still don't have the same breadth of function, as the ones for PCI-X. A server board can have more CPU sockets. For example, two Tyan motherboards can be used to build a server with 8 AMD sockets. The server board can have a provision for a slot with a remote control. This allows the server to be reset remotely, without someone having to go and press the button on the hardware. (You can get this capability on a few Intel "executive" desktop motherboards, but it isn't that common for desktops.) http://www.tyan.com/product_accessories_spec.aspx?pid=56 Those are the things I have run into, and I don't even use server motherboards. Paul | ||||||||||
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> regular MBOs bacame very equipped and strong. What's than purpose of
> server motherboards as you can put 32GB on a AM2 board and more...
>
> Could someone more experienced explain do server boards have any
> purposes any more...ok i admitt they have places for more than one
> processor which means general what ? "Usual" motherboards have
> super-ultra-quad-double-x2 ...etc. processors ? What's the catch?
>
> With Respect.
> mm