Re: [PLUG] Server Recommendation

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Here is the original question:

> We are setting up a linux development server here @ my office, 
> basically being used internally for developing our web-based apps, so 
> mostly it will be running mysql / postgresql, php, perl, apache and 
> sendmail. Does anyone have any hardware recommendations or a nice 
> barebones kit I can pick up? Thanks




> And I still say that a workstation-level motherboard cannot accept
> ECC RAM. (Yes, it costs more, and yes, you don't *have* to use it,
> but the pain that comes from NOT being able to use it and wanting or
> needing it is unfixable.

My wife's computer can use ECC RAM.  I built the PC with a regular DFI 
mobo.  I don't remember if I put ECC RAM in or not.  According to 
Crucial ECC RAM slows things downs (very) slightly and you only need it 
for intensive server use.

> If you've got a system where you need none of the assurances
> provided by redundant power supplies, UPS, ECC RAM, and RAIDed disk,
> then it's not a server in my book. :^>
>  
I used to think that way.  Now I think of a server in terms of services 
based on software.  Of course, a better server is made with better hardware.

> Sure, until you run out of externally-accessible PCI slots in that
> bargain-basement case, and have to replace it too.
With a generic case and a full-size ATX mobo I have more PCI slots than 
I will ever need.


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