Re: [PLUG] Server Recommendation

[LeRoy Cressy <leroy@lrcressy.com>]

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If you are using the system for development it sounds like a 
workstation.  On yhe other hand if you are using the system for a file 
server used by several members then the recomendation would include 
something like:

Case: 
	Super Micro SC801-A or SC801-AX
Mother Board:	ASUS with Dual processor
Raid Controler:	Mylex SCSI RAID Controler
Hard Drives:	IBM or Maxtor Atlas V Scsi Hard Drived
		* Maxtor Atlas^(TM) SCSI drives will carry with a 	
		  Standard Warranty Period of 5 years.


And all of the other components

I Especially like the 5 year warranty on the HD's



Paul wrote:
> 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
>
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> > 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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