Server board help needed

[Maxxarcade]

I bought a used server board today, and I can't seem to find the manual for it online. It is an Arima MT110. Ever heard of that one?

Reason I bought it, is my dad found a motherboard and CPU in the trash a while back. He says the CPU is an SLABZ. I know very little about Intel stuff, but from what I've read, this is a good chip. I'm hoping the Arima board is the right one for the job. He'll be bringing me the CPU (and the junk board is was on) on Monday. Hope the CPU still works...

I also have to track down a couple gigs of ECC DDR2 that is unbuffered. All I can seem to find on Ebay is buffered/registered.

Once I get this all together, it will replace the dual socket Xeon board that is in my file server. I'm looking to upgrade to 64 bit so I can use the latest version of NASLite-2.

[willawake]

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looks to be a nice piece. good luck with that

[PCBONEZ]

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http://www.solectron.com/computing/s...asp?View=MT11X

http://www.solectron.com/computing/s...asp?View=MT11X

[PCBONEZ]

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SLABZ is a Xeon Allendale w/LGA775 and it doesn't look to be officially supported by that board.
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http://www.deal-stop.com/MT110PULL_A...ver-Board.lmsp
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I would proceed with caution and keep fingers crossed.
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[Maxxarcade]

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How did you find the website for that? I looked everywhere... Though I didn't search for "MT11X"


I'm a bit worried about the CPU not being supported. I guess I'll find out. I need to buy some DDR2 for another system anyway, so if it doesn't work, I'll keep the RAM and sell the rest I guess.

[PCBONEZ]

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I'm just really good at finding parts.
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I once found some highly specialized bolts for a ladder inside a reactor compartment in the bottom of a dumpster in Washington State.
[They had to be exactly what was on the blueprints. The company that made them had been out of business for over 10 years.]
I was in California at the time.
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[Maxxarcade]

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Got the processor from my Dad today, and he had misread it a bit. It is an SLA8Z, which is a Pentium Dual Core 1.8Ghz. At least it should still work on that server board, and still has 64 bit support.

The board that it was installed on is an Acer from 2008. Didn't have any ram to try in it, but I still didn't get any beeps from the speaker. I'll take it to work tomorrow and do some more testing.

[washu]

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That board doesn't list support for core 2 chips, so it probably won't work with your Pentium Dual Core. Pentium D looks to be the latest chip it supports.

[Maxxarcade]

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Hmm, I guess I'll see what happens. Maybe a BIOS update would add support if it's not listed. If it doesn't work, I'll sell it and get a chip that will work.

I ordered 4 gigs of ECC ram for it, so once I get the CPU situated, it should be a sweet file server.

The board that is currently in my server is a dual CPU, Dual Core 2.4Ghz Xeon system (4 cores total), but it is only 32 bit. NASLite only uses one core unless you have 64 bit, so I'm wasting 3 cores running it like this. I figure that board and CPU's should be worth something on Ebay though.

[PCBONEZ]

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It's an E7230 chipset.
Supports P4 and Pentium D and that's it.
http://www.intel.com/products/server...0-overview.htm

[Maxxarcade]

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Well shit, looks like I'll have to sell that SLA8Z chip and get a Pentium D then. I really hate socket 775 sometimes...

Will an SL8CM work?

[washu]

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The SL8CM should work.

If you can I would keep the Pentium Dual Core over the Pentium D. Much lower power and probably faster, especially if you are going to use 64 bit.

[Maxxarcade]

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I would like to use the Dual Core if it tests good, but I would need a different motherboard.

So what I basically need is a board that supports the Pentium Dual Core, has at least 4 DDR2 ram sockets for unbuffered ECC memory, and at least 2 64-bit PCI slots for my RAID cards. 3 slots if it doesn't have onboard Gigabit LAN.

Seems like it would almost be cheaper to find another board than to find another chip... I haven't even gotten the board yet, but I already know it won't work. I only paid $50 for it, but still :-(

[PCBONEZ]

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SL8CM will work.
It's 130 watts so use a good cooler.

[Maxxarcade]

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The Dual Core SLA8Z tested good for POST yesterday at the local computer store, so I'm considering buying a Supermicro PDSME+ board for it. Kinda pricey, but it would be nice to have a new server board for a change.

What do you guys think? Should I buy a board for the Pentium Dual Core SLA8Z, or buy a Pentium D for the older Arima MT110 board? The RAM I have will work in either.

[washu]

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Personally I would buy a board for the Pentium Dual Core unless it was completely out of budget. Way less heat and power usage, probably faster and you have a good upgrade path if you need it.

I used to run a Pentium Dual Core SLA8Y (2 GHz) in my file server and it was more than fast enough. I'm using a SLAY7 (2.5 GHz) now only because I had it and it's even lower in idle power draw.

[PCBONEZ]

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Yes, I would go to a dual core. But that might not be the way to get one.
You can get a Pentium Dual Core SLA8Y (2 GHz) for $40 or so on ebay if you aren't in a hurry.
I imagine a SLA8Z (1.8 GHz) would be even less.

[Maxxarcade]

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Yes, I would go to a dual core. But that might not be the way to get one.
You can get a Pentium Dual Core SLA8Y (2 GHz) for $40 or so on ebay if you aren't in a hurry.
I imagine a SLA8Z (1.8 GHz) would be even less.

I have the SLA8Z on hand, but the board I have won't work with it. It would probably be a lot cheaper to buy a different chip for my existing board, but I'm not sure what to do at this point.

[PCBONEZ]

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You are setting up a NAS, - that's the goal isn't it?
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A NAS should be high bandwidth and low power consumption.
Don't need squat for RAM or CPU power.

Sell it all and buy what you really need.
I would:
find a mobo that uses a laptop CPU [if you are stuck on 64-bit]
get the CPU
get ~512Mb-1Gb RAM
and a RAID card

If 32-bit works for you get an old P3 server board with PCI-X [and RAID card for it] and use it in single CPU mode.
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[Maxxarcade]

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You are setting up a NAS, - that's the goal isn't it?
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A NAS should be high bandwidth and low power consumption.
Don't need squat for RAM or CPU power.

Sell it all and buy what you really need.
I would:
find a mobo that uses a laptop CPU [if you are stuck on 64-bit]
get the CPU
get ~512Mb-1Gb RAM
and a RAID card

If 32-bit works for you get an old P3 server board with PCI-X [and RAID card for it] and use it in single CPU mode.
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My current NAS has two 3Ware 7506-8 RAID cards, hence my need for at least 2 PCI-X slots. 64-bit CPU is needed by the OS for multi-core support.

Since I have everything on hand except a motherboard, I'll probably just pick up a new one and sell the old parts to get some of the money back.

What I'll have left over is an Intel SE7501BR2 board with a pair of Dual Core Xeon 2.4 Ghz CPU's and 2GB ram, and also a refurbished Arima MT110 motherboard.

The new system might still be abit of overkill, but I want reliability and lots of bandwidth headroom. It needs to be able to stream HD video while doing other tasks without breaking a sweat. Though I think it is already close to maxing out the throughput of the RAID cards at times.