Re: What hardware is good for Debian servers?
if you go bp6 make sure to run a good amount of stress tests, my bp6
crashes constantly even with both cpus under 30C.
a good stress test i find for a system is run between 8 and 10 copies of
seti@home for at least 24 hours.
my box crashes after a few minutes.
(even with ultra wide scsi drives and 256MB ram)
myk6-2 366(o/c from 300) with 128mb had about 6 million disk writes but
survived the 24hours w/o a hitch.
nate
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, jchawk wrote:
jchawk >Enrico, I can give you some advise on the motherboard and such.
jchawk >If your talking bang for your buck, go with an A-bit BP-6. With dual
jchawk >celeron 366's (PPGA) overclocked to 550 MHZ. You can find your cpu's
jchawk >on ebay or somewhere similar pre-tested and guaranteed overclockable.
jchawk >Modem, I would go with a Us Robotics (which is now owned by 3com).
jchawk >
jchawk >You should be able to find both CPU's pretest (this is key) and the
jchawk >appropriate heatsinks for a total price of around: $168 or less,
jchawk >this price was one I received about a 5 weeks ago. So figure around
jchawk >$150 total.
jchawk >
jchawk >The A-bit BP-6 you should be able to pick up for $132 or less.
jchawk >
jchawk >I buy all my hardware from www.pricewatch.com, it is a listing of
jchawk >hardware dealers all over the country, I have yet to find cheaper
jchawk >prices anywhere on the internet or at a computer show.
jchawk >
jchawk >I along with a few of my friends run debian on these systems pretty
jchawk >similar to what you are looking to build.
jchawk >
jchawk >If you have any other questions, feel free to email me direct.
jchawk >
jchawk >-joe
jchawk >
jchawk >Enrico Zini wrote:
jchawk >>
jchawk >> Hello!
jchawk >>
jchawk >> I had many problems with Asus, and it was one of the brands people said to be
jchawk >> good. During my quest to solve many of these problems, I discovered that Asus
jchawk >> is likely to have problems, or just glitches, that make you loose time where
jchawk >> you shouldn't.
jchawk >>
jchawk >> Now, since there are many servers to build and configure awaiting for us, I
jchawk >> would like to build some knowledge on what to look for and what to try to
jchawk >> avoid.
jchawk >>
jchawk >> So, suppose I ask you to build a fast and reliable Debian server, something
jchawk >> that does file serving with samba, dials internet on demand via diald, spools a
jchawk >> couple of printers, serves faxes via Hylafax, processes e-mail from, to and
jchawk >> within the intranet and performs backups of what's on it.
jchawk >>
jchawk >> What brand and type of motherboard, raid controller, CPU, modem and backup
jchawk >> system would you use, to be able to install Debian on it without risking to go
jchawk >> mad after some hardware flaw?
jchawk >>
jchawk >> What are good brands of motherboards? Asus? Intel? Soyo? Tyan? MSI? VIA?
jchawk >> Others? What are the ones to avoid like death?
jchawk >>
jchawk >> I'd also would like to find multiprocessor motherboards without expensive (and
jchawk >> Debian unfriendly) Adaptec cards integrated on them, since high end servers are
jchawk >> likely to mount a custom raid controller like the Mylex AcceleRAID and don't
jchawk >> have a need for them.
jchawk >>
jchawk >> Is there some internet site where to look for this kind of informations? I
jchawk >> would like to avoid marketing hype and read about tests and real experiences,
jchawk >> possibly taking Linux and Debian into account.
jchawk >>
jchawk >> Read you soon! Enrico
jchawk >>
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