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Subject: RE: Server MB suggestions?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Henderson [mailto:Ed.Henderson@Certainty.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 6:19 PM
> To: 'Michael VanLoon'; 'Andrew C. Hornback'; 'Joseph Gleason'
> Cc: 'FreeBSD Hardware'; 'Mike Smith'
> Subject: RE: Server MB suggestions?
>
> OK, OK!!! I give in I'm going SCSI (small cheer from the cheap
> seats!). Here is what I'm going to use:

	Eh, should be a good sized cheer... *grins*

> 1.  Lets assume for now that I will use a standard 2 channel SCSI
> controller (non-RAID) and will use software RAID-1 with one 36GB
> drive on each channel.  Any controller recommendations?

	Adaptec, AMI or Mylex.  Those are the ones that are more
mainstream/industry standard and they do have the best support among
different applications.  If you're wanting something a little more
daring/cutting edge, try TekRAM or ICP/Vortex.

> 2.  What drives do you recommend - manufacturer, model.

	IBM UltraStar series.  Not sure of the exact model.

> 3.  Should I go for 160MB/s or stick with 80MB/s drives?  I am
> trying to be reasonable in cost.

	I'm not sure what the difference in price between the two us, but, my
advice has always been to get the highest performance you can afford to
start off with.  Planned upgrades simply don't happen with surity in the
realworld.

> 4.  I plan to have an external DDS-4 DAT tape drive attached to
> one of the channels.  Any suggestions?

	Hmm... This is kind of out of my league, but I'm looking at a Quantum DLT
internal drive for my workstation and my file server.  They also make
external, and DLT is supposedly more reliable than DDS.  As always, someone
else's MMV.

--- Andy


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