What is the server motherboard? The difference between a server motherboard and an ordinary motherboard.

 

What is a server motherboard? People who play computers a lot and those who have a certain knowledge of computers know that the most important thing for a computer is the processor, motherboard, and graphics card. These three accessories are of a wide variety. There is a big difference between the console we use to play games and the console of the game server. Similarly, as one of the essential accessories, the motherboard is also different. Because the focus of the host and the server is different, the motherboards of the two also have different emphases. , Now the editor wants to lead everyone to correctly distinguish between server motherboards and ordinary PC motherboards.

[Server motherboard] What is the difference between a server motherboard and a normal motherboard?

What is the server motherboard?

Ordinary home PC motherboards require more performance and functions, while server motherboards are specially developed to meet server applications ( an environment with high stability, high performance, and high compatibility ). Due to the server's high operating time, high operating intensity, and a huge amount of data conversion, power consumption, and I/O throughput, the requirements for server motherboards are quite strict.

The difference between server motherboard and ordinary motherboard

1. Server motherboards generally support at least two processors-different chipsets ( usually dual-socket servers, single-socket servers sometimes use desktop motherboards ).
2. Almost any part of the server supports ECC, memory, processor, chipset ( but high-end desktops also start to support ECC)
3. Servers are redundant in many places. High-end servers are even redundant with CPU and memory. On mid-range servers, the redundancy of hard drives and power supplies is very common, but low-end servers are often desktop modifications. First-line power supplies from major manufacturers are also used.
4. Since the network load of the server is relatively large, the network card of the server is generally a network card that uses the TCP/IP offloading engine, which is efficient, fast, and has a small CPU usage. However, high-end desktop computers are also beginning to use high-end network cards or even dual network cards.
5. In terms of hard drives, many and more and more servers will use SAS/SCSI instead of SATA.
6. In terms of memory support. Because the server has to adapt to long-term, high-traffic high-speed data processing tasks, it can support up to a dozen GB or even dozens of GB of memory capacity, and most of them support ECC memory to improve reliability (ECC memory is a kind of automatic error correction Functional memory, because of its superior performance, the cost is also quite high ).
7. Storage device interface. Mid-to-high-end server motherboards mostly use SCSI interfaces, SATA interfaces instead of IDE interfaces, and support RAID to improve data processing capabilities and data security.
8. In terms of display equipment. Servers and workstations are very different. Servers do not require high display equipment. Generally, they use integrated graphics chipsets. For example, many server chipsets integrate ATI 's RAGE XL graphics chips. Those with higher requirements use ordinary chipsets. the AGP graphics card. And if it is a graphics workstation, it usually chooses high-end 3DLabs, ATI, and other professional graphics cards.
9. In terms of the network interface.Server/workstation motherboards are also different from desktop motherboards. Most server motherboards are equipped with dual network cards or even dual Gigabit network cards to meet the different needs of local area networks and the Internet.
10. Finally, the price of the server. General Desktop Board zenith but also 1, 2 Qian, and server motherboard prices from 1 thousand dollars entry-level products to more than ten million dollars or even a few high-end products are!