Re: Is AMD-64 mature enough to start using? (possibly on K8V-MX moptherboard)
On 12/21/05, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
> I have had it proposed to me that I might set up a server for
> my LAN (Not the internet gateway) as a Sempron system running
> Linux. Specifically, an Asus K8V-MX Athlon 64 motherboard,
> an AMD Sempron64 2600, 512 meg DDR PC-3200 w/o ECC.
> to quote from the quotation.
>
> My question is, is the Debian AMD64 platform ready for such use?
> I can see lots of complaints on the mailing lists, but that
> doesn't make it clear whether troubles are normal or unusual.
> Very few happy users ever write in to say how happy they are.
> Presumably I'd be using the unofficial sarge release ... or has it
> become official in the meantime? Or is etch actually more reliable right now?
>
> The server will initially be running an NFS server that serves from a
> software RAID (hard disks presumably partitioned using LVM). I'm
> considering putting everybody's home directory on it so that they will
> have their bookmarks, configurations, etc. available whatever machine
> in the house they are actually sitting at. But if they wish, they
> should also be able to remotely log into the server usng XDMCP. Or
> use VNC. Oh, yes. One or two of my users are collecting video files
> (mostly .mpg). Would accessing them from another machine using NFS (100
> MHz ethernet)
> be fast enough for them to view them? Even if tow people did it at the
> same time?
For the purposes you mentioned the AMD64 machine would not only be
seamless. It's also a very good/overkill setup :D
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Paolo Alexis Falcone
pfalcone@gmail.com
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