Re: Correct choise of servers
Lo,
If you are going to run Linux/BSD etc on the machine DONT use any WD disk, they
have a weird system where they store there MB etc. on most of the disks. LILO
refuses to work correct on those disks.
In your server i really should recommend good memory and a good chipset (
northbridge, southbridge ). Go for the Intel entry or Tyan boards.
If you are going to have a lot of traffic use good nic's some nic's eat up cpu
power on high load. ( the intels are ok ).
I really could recommend or software raid1 or a hardware SCSI raid controller (
ouch there go's your money :P ). If you are going to use software raid use one
disk a IDE channel with no extra devices on it ( like CD-ROM drives ). IDE disk
are build for 6 hours "on-time" a day not 24/7. ( but they will do well ).
You should be sure about the ammount of power your supply can give you. 400
Watt should do the job. ( i don't see it in your list, it should be ).
For the intel/tyan board you should check the recommended cases. but the
chieftech will do very well ( with a good power supply ).
God why a floppy drive :P.
You might want to remove all cpu fans especialy on an inwin case, power fans
etc and replace them with papst fans ( they last longer ). On older systems
this is the first thing that is going to fail together with the hard drives.
The prices on XEON proc are really low nowdays! maybe you wan't to take a look
at an entry board with Xeon proc/procs. ( oh you did :P )
2171,2 Intel Pentium Xeon Northwood 2200MHz In-a-Box
Thats the old price i guess.
Well i hope i gave you some valuable advises for building your server. If you
have any questions feel free to mail me off-the-list ;)
Grtnx,
Robbert Helling
Citeren echelon <echelon@squirrel.dk>:
> Hey?
>
> I?m trying to get some new servers, but I?m not quiet sure that I?m
> buying the right hardware.
>
> Please take a look on
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> HYPERLINK
> "http://www.echelon.frip.dk/server.txt"www.echelon.frip.dk/server.txt
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> Please give me some response on what I have made.
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> Best Regards,
>
> Andreas
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