Re: What hardware is good for Debian servers?
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> I had many problems with Asus, and it was one of the brands people said to be
> good.
Curious - I have an Asus P2B motherboard, and have had 0 problems. I
chose it based on Asus' reputation for quality. A fluke, perhaps?
> During my quest to solve many of these problems, I discovered that
> Asus is likely to have problems, or just glitches, that make you loose
> time where you shouldn't.
>
> Now, since there are many servers to build and configure awaiting for us, I
> would like to build some knowledge on what to look for and what to try to
> avoid.
>
> So, suppose I ask you to build a fast and reliable Debian server, something
> that does file serving with samba, dials internet on demand via diald, spools a
> couple of printers, serves faxes via Hylafax, processes e-mail from, to and
> within the intranet and performs backups of what's on it.
You definitely don't need the latest-and-greatest computer for that. Most
new systems these days can do that without even blinking.
[...]
> What are good brands of motherboards?
> Asus?
Good
> Intel?
Good but expensive
> Soyo?
Avoid 'em for anything but a home system
> Tyan?
Good
> MSI? VIA?
Sorry, can't comment
> Others?
Supermicro, Abit, Aopen
[...]
> I'd also would like to find multiprocessor motherboards without expensive (and
> Debian unfriendly) Adaptec cards integrated on them, since high end servers are
> likely to mount a custom raid controller like the Mylex AcceleRAID and don't
> have a need for them.
Abit, Asus, Tyan, and (perhaps) Supermicro make them in IDE+SCSI and IDE
only versions.
>
> Is there some internet site where to look for this kind of informations? I
> would like to avoid marketing hype and read about tests and real experiences,
> possibly taking Linux and Debian into account.
Sorry, don't know of very many - only Ars Technica
(http://www.arstechnica.com/) takes Linux into account - it looks like
they try to make their tests distribution agnostic. Most make the
assumption that you're on the bleeding edge of Windows (some of 'em make
performance tests with Windows Millennium, for god's sake!).
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