>>>>> "JH" == Jason Hihn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JH> The configuration that is going on in my head is: JH> RAID 1, 200gig disks JH> 1 server, 4g ram JH> Linux 2.4 or 2.6 (depends on when we deploy and 2.6's track record at that JH> time) My recommendation is to get more disks (smaller and faster) rather than a few large ones. As for vendors, I always buy from Dell because they actually honor their "4-hour 24x7 replacement parts with technician to stick 'em" in guarantee. That and their hardware is rock solid and non-funky (ie, I can run FreeBSD on it with no issues). Here's my latest setup I just got: Dell PE 2650, dual Xeon processors (lowest speed they sell, as this is not a bottleneck) 4Gb RAM Dell PERC3 RAID controller (rebranded AMI controller) dual channel 2x 18Gb internal disks on RAID1 (RAID channel0) 14x 18Gb external disks on RAID5 (RAID channel1, see my posts on this list from a month or so ago on how I arrived at RAID5). All the disks are SCSI 15kRPM U320 drives, tho the controller only does U160. I run FreeBSD, but it should run linux just fine, too. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
