<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 January 2011 10:53, Anthony Giggins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seven@seven.dorksville.net">seven@seven.dorksville.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I've been given initial management go ahead to look at a
replacement Combinded FE/BE due to the current motherboard failing (it
was secondhand when I got it) basically it just freezes during high
network load (ie transfering video files via the onboard sky2 gigabit
network card) initially the issue started with just the network failing (required ifdown eth0 followed by ifup eth0 to restore) but probably due to upgrading the network switch to gigabit its now escalating the issue to full system freezes.<br>
<br>When the issue occurs there is nothing in the logs which makes me think the motherboard is failing?<br><br>Anyway I have a Core 2 Duo CPU laying around unused would I be better off using this or go the whole hog and upgrade to i5 or i7 and possibly get more cores for transcoding & commflagging etc (will keep the nvidia GT240 for video decoding)<br>
<br>Also the LGA775 boards I've seen only have 4 or 5 Sata ports so having possibly more on the i5/i7 board is also a plus :) and any power savings are a bonus but not required.<br><br>Please if you have any recommendations let me know.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><font color="#888888"><br>Anthony<br></font></blockquote><div><br>No one has any suggestions or advice?<br></div></div><br>