Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 19:02:26 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Cosmos Boekell <boekell@cs.uchicago.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: server Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1001121184753.66703E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011211545440.5919-100000@embassy.cs.uchicago.edu>
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Cosmos Boekell wrote: > i want to purchase or build a server (i.e. dns, nfs, ftp, http, login, > etc.) and want to run free bsd. i can spend up to $2000 maybe > $2500. please let me know your thoughts (i.e. P III vs. AMD, I've been running AMD processors with no trouble at all. The only difference I can see is a) Intel costs you $200 extra because you have to pay for their advertising campaigns, and b) Intel has a lock (for now) on some weird MPEG decoder, which won't matter for a server. > motherboards, RAID, The generic motherboards I've used have all worked, but that may have been dumb luck. Never dealt with RAID; sorry. You may want to look at vinum for RAID info. > SCSI vs. EIDE, SCSI is fast and, speaking as an engineer, a much more 'elegant' way to do disk drives (supports many disks on one CPU). However EIDE is a fraction of the cost per gigabyte, and it's hard to argue with that for a single-disk system. It all depends on your needs. > rack vs. tower, etc.) At a basic level, it doesn't matter. This will be determined entirely by your requirements. If you're in a tight colocation space where you only get a few rack units, go for the rack-mount. If you have a nice office and space is not such an issue, the tower will probably be cheaper to buy. Depending on where you buy it, the rack-mount chassis may offer some features not available in a generic tower. I'm thinking of things like hot-swappable redundant power supplies, serial port on the front panel, redundant fans, and so on. HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org [1] Bus error netscape To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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