Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 21:00:24 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: russ.pagenkopf@uas.alaska.edu Cc: Arabian <Arabian@DAL.NET>, FreeBSD-Hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I Want to build good machine. Message-ID: <19990506210024.A255@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <3731D245.C07FE6C9@uas.alaska.edu>; from Russ Pagenkopf on Thu, May 06, 1999 at 09:32:55AM -0800 References: <3.0.6.32.19990506112817.007ac1a0@qatar.net.qa> <37315DAF.26D2BF60@uk.radan.com> <3731D245.C07FE6C9@uas.alaska.edu>
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On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 09:32:55AM -0800, Russ Pagenkopf wrote: > Mark Ovens wrote: > > Arabian wrote: > > > I would like to build P II 450 Machine, I'll use 2.2.8-STABLE, what's The > > > Best Motherboard, hard drive, and ethernet card, note this machine will > > > have very big load on the ethernet so, I want stable ethernet card which > > > can deal with heavy load as well. the machine bandwidth will be 10 Mbps, > > > and connected to 100 Mbps lan. > > > > Why not check out the spec of ftp.cdrom.com? That's got a high load on > > it's ethernet :-). The file is wcarchive.txt. I don't have the exact > > URL to hand. It's at www.cdrom.com somewhere. > > From <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/>; : > > "This machine is a Xeon/500 with 4GB of memory & 1/2 terabyte of RAID 5. > The operating system is FreeBSD. > > Server machine provided by Micron Electronics. Please visit > http://www.micronpc.com/web/walnutcreek.html." > > The above box from Micron is probably a little bit overkill for most of us. > Yeah, it is rather :-). I was meaning to help choose a reliable LAN card. After all, doesn't ftp.cdrom.com have a single Intel card that's running virtually flat out 24hrs/day? > :-) > > Russ Pagenkopf > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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