On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 08:18:44PM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: > [ .. ] > Hardware wise I was given the amount or around $4000. > I am looking at around 3Ghz server with SATA drives RAID 5. > It will be on a broadband connection. > > Just wondering if there are any ideas out there about where to buy good > "compatible with Linux" hardware. > Possibly building a custom machine. Or how about 3 years warranty on a > name brand server? HP? IBM?
The obvious are HP, IBM or maybe DELL. But you should consider the Sun 20z -- certified for linux, No weirdarse hardware raid that is incompletely supported. Good LOM (lights out management -- they run an embedded linux on powerpc that is on even when the machine is down) Price competitive. Uses opterons. The base model plus extra disk, plus plain hardware support might sneak in under 4k. One note with all these server type 1u rack units like the sun 20z or hp dl360 is that they sound like a cessna taking off. So only suitable for a machine room. Matt ps. I have no connection to sun. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
