Paul wrote:
> Majki Majk wrote:
>> It seems that today there's no big differences beween this two, as the
>> 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
>
> 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_accessor...ec.aspx?pid=56
>
> Those are the things I have run into, and I don't even use
> server motherboards.
>
> Paul
Thanks Paul!
Seems not so huge differences at all, which couldn't be implemented
into new generation motherboards, than they wouldn't just be high gain
mbo's than also server boards included. It seems funny that isn't yet
promoted. Obviously it's not in noone interest, i.e. in interest of
manufacturers, because they wouldn't like to do agricultural works.
MM