I now have my shiny new SC450NX machine (quad xeon from Intel) up
and running. Only thing I miss from my ALR is the front panel that keeps
me posted about fans that slow down/stop, and such.
Someone mentioned a linux driver/utility for probing this sort of
data a while back I think. Can someone give me a pointer to this
again?
BTW the quad xeon flies. Still waiting on the 10K (IBM lvds) disks
to show up, but even with old barracudas, it flies. About two more
years of this kind of development and a kernel "make install" will
take about as much time as a "cd" does today. :)
Bob
Btw if anyone has questions about the chassis/MB/etc, feel free to ask.
I put this together for the following:
chassis/MB/3x400watt power supplies, 4,200.
(includes 6 drive hot swap cage, 2 ultra-2
wide scsi channels, 1 narrow scsi channel)
4x xeon/400mhz/512k 1040 4,160.
4x 72 bit 128mb ECC buffered EDO 320 1,280.
3x 9.1 gig 10K rpm lvds (IBM) disks 700 2,100.
2x 4.3 gig seagates (legacy ultrawide disks) 0. (on hand)
32x toshiba CD 50.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 50.
using an existing 21" monitor with built-in cirrus logic
video, plus existing keyboard and mouse...
all in all not horribly expensive...
Robert Hyatt Computer and Information Sciences
[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 934-2213 115A Campbell Hall, UAB Station
(205) 934-5473 FAX Birmingham, AL 35294-1170
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