Re: best hardware spec for fileserver

2005-10-10 Thread Mariusz Kruk
Jeffrey Alsip napisał(a): I hope you are referring to a hardware RAID (firmware running inside a seperate RAID controller) and not some form of software RAID, as those things are crap. Can you back this oppinion up in any way? Especialy by some test results? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: best hardware spec for fileserver

2005-10-10 Thread Alexey Lobanov
Hello all. On 10/10/05 13:04, Mariusz Kruk wrote: Jeffrey Alsip napisał(a): I hope you are referring to a hardware RAID (firmware running inside a seperate RAID controller) and not some form of software RAID, as those things are crap. Can you back this oppinion up in any way? Especialy

best hardware spec for fileserver

2005-10-07 Thread askar k
Could anybody adive me the best hardware configuration for fileserver. Do I need to have Raid-5 or smth like that to be able to backup the 1st hard disk to the 2nd one to be my server crash free? I have to set up fileserver at my work. Is samba the best solution for that? Thanks, askar

Re: best hardware spec for fileserver

2005-10-07 Thread Mariusz Kruk
askar k napisał(a): Could anybody adive me the best hardware configuration for fileserver. There is no such thing. You always have to take into consideration many factors. What do you want from the server, how much money you can spend and so on. Do I need to have Raid-5 or smth like

Re: best hardware spec for fileserver

2005-10-07 Thread Jeffrey Alsip
To get the drive mirroring that you describe, you want to use RAID 1. I hope you are referring to a hardware RAID (firmware running inside a seperate RAID controller) and not some form of software RAID, as those things are crap. In addition to the RAID 1 setup, you want a server that allows you

Re: Best hardware?

2000-05-30 Thread Dan Hutchinson
I good place to find pricing of hardware is www.pricewatch.com. You can get several from www.freshmeat.com, www.zdnet.com, etc... Dan Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Can anyone recommend some sites with good reviews of hardware for Linux? I'm looking for something like

Re: Best hardware?

2000-05-29 Thread Pat Mahoney
On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 12:42:17PM -0400, Bart Szyszka wrote: Hello, Can anyone recommend some sites with good reviews of hardware for Linux? I'm looking for something like www.computers.com , except that they'd recommend the best graphics cards, monitors, etc. for Linux instead of for

Re: Best hardware?

2000-05-28 Thread maillists
of hardware that works well under NT (which most reviewers will at least mention) also works well under Linux. the drivers are more complete. I'm looking for a site that specifically seeks out the best hardware for Linux just like CNet's Computers.com attempts to seek out the best hardware

Second Best - was Re: Best Hardware

2000-05-28 Thread Rob Lilley
Bart Szszka wrote: Well see, that's what I mean. There's hardware that is great on Windows, but there just aren't any drivers for it in Linux. Or sometimes the second best hardware for Windows ends up being the best option for Linux simply becausethe drivers are more complete. I

Re: Second Best - was Re: Best Hardware

2000-05-28 Thread Arthur H. Edwards
the second best hardware for Windows ends up being the best option for Linux simply because the drivers are more complete. I had never thought of it like that but Bart is right. Many of us using Linux would be producing drivers for cheaper and therefore, older equipment

Re: Best hardware?

2000-05-28 Thread Bart Szyszka
Well, like I said the vast majority of Win9X only hardware works very poorly even in Win9x Not from my experiences. Printers generally work well. Monitors generally work well. Mice/keyboards generally work well. Now I need to know how they work on the Linux end. I love trackballs and Logitech's

Re: Best hardware?

2000-05-28 Thread maillists
On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 05:14:39PM -0400, Bart Szyszka wrote: Well, like I said the vast majority of Win9X only hardware works very poorly even in Win9x Not from my experiences. Printers generally work well. Win-printers normally share the following problems in Windows: 1. Completely

Best hardware?

2000-05-27 Thread Bart Szyszka
Hello, Can anyone recommend some sites with good reviews of hardware for Linux? I'm looking for something like www.computers.com , except that they'd recommend the best graphics cards, monitors, etc. for Linux instead of for Windows. -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 GigaBee

Re: Best hardware?

2000-05-27 Thread Shaul Karl
Hello, Can anyone recommend some sites with good reviews of hardware for Linux? I'm looking for something like www.computers.com , except that they'd recommend the best graphics cards, monitors, etc. for Linux instead of for Windows. www.linuxdoc.org/links/hw.html can be used as a

Re: Best hardware?

2000-05-27 Thread maillists
On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 12:42:17PM -0400, Bart Szyszka wrote: Hello, Can anyone recommend some sites with good reviews of hardware for Linux? I'm looking for something like www.computers.com , except that they'd recommend the best graphics cards, monitors, etc. for Linux instead of for

Re: Best hardware?

2000-05-27 Thread Bart Szyszka
, but there just aren't any drivers for it in Linux. Or sometimes the second best hardware for Windows ends up being the best option for Linux simply because the drivers are more complete. I'm looking for a site that specifically seeks out the best hardware for Linux just like CNet's Computers.com