* Michael Kahle (kahlemt@whoha.org) [020505 20:14]: > Here are the specs: > Case: Enlight Full Tower (EN-89020SX34) > Power Supply: Enermax 550W > Mainboard: Tyan Tiger MPX > Processor: 2x Athlon MP1800's > Ram: Crucial 1.5GB DDR PC2100 Registered > Monitor: Viewsonic P255f > Soundcard: Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum > Videocard: ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500DV 128 DDR > CDROM: Plextor UltraPlex Wide or Some SCSI DVD player??? > CD-RW: Plextor Plexwriter 12/10/32s > Backup: I want a DDS-3 or DDS-4 tape solution... sugestions? > RAID: Compaq 5304 128 Raid controller > SCSI: Adaptec 2940W Controller > Disks: 5 Compaq 10k Ultra 3 SCSI > Drive Cage: Enlight EN-8720 Ultra 160 SCA Backplane > Floppy: Teac > Cooling: Any ideas? > > I would like to add 2 more Ultra SCSI-3 Disks for a RAID 0 config for the OS > Any sugestions for where the system should be on the disks? I.e. I am going > to have the 5 Compaq disks setup in a RAID 5 array and then the OS mirrored. > Should I have a seperate disk for swap? What are you going to be using this machine for? This sounds like overoveroveroverkill for a desktop machine (and inappropriate for a server...). Save yourself a lot of money and just get IDE drives and use software RAID, if you really want it. Then again, I don't know anything about your price constraints and requirements for the machine. My first instinct is that you could scale all of it back a bit, still be very happy with your machine's performance, and feed a small country with the money you'd save =) good times, Vineet -- Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume.shtml
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