On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 04:16:56PM -0700, Steve Meyers wrote:
> However, the only reason I'd get something besides an SSD for your
> server these days are if you need lots of space. You may not need
> the performance, but they are silent and cool.
Ok, I think you've got me convinced. Silent and
On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 12:58:45PM -0700, David Hilton wrote:
>
> It doesn't seem like you have a firm idea of what you want this system to
> do. Perhaps you should define what you need it to do, and what you think
> it would be cool for it to do (as well as how likely it is that you'd
> actually
On 1/6/13 12:40 PM, Phillip Hellewell wrote:
It sounds like a mix of SSD and regular HD could be smart, but if I have
plenty of RAM and a few HDs with RAID, do I really need SSD? BTW, can
anyone tell me why 10,000 RPM SATA drives are so much more expensive
than 7200 RPM?
It depends on your use
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Phillip Hellewell wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 02:39:32PM -0700, Steve Meyers wrote:
> > swap SAS, etc. As someone else mentioned, IPMI is a great thing to
> > have, and they should all support it.
>
> Thanks for the great suggestions so far everyone. IPMI is
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 02:39:32PM -0700, Steve Meyers wrote:
> swap SAS, etc. As someone else mentioned, IPMI is a great thing to
> have, and they should all support it.
Thanks for the great suggestions so far everyone. IPMI is a for sure.
A rackmount server sounds neat, so I'll keep that in mi