Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 21:19:12 -0800 (PST) From: invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com> To: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server hardware considerations.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960219211510.1181P-100000@nervosa.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960219204849.14523A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com>
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On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Stephen Fisher wrote: > a Pentium 133 be? Is it worth it? Or maybe a totally different system. Yes, currently, get a 166. > Bus: PCI most likely. I use VLB right now. PCI. > RAM: 16 meg to start with, maybe 32, There aren't any special 32megs minimum. > Mother Board: I've seen that ASUS MBs are very nice but their home pages > don't list prices which probably means they're high priced;) About how I've heard these are very good for FreeBSD. > SCSI Controller: Adaptec 2940/PCI. This appears to be a good mid-range Get the wide. > Disk: SCSI 1.08GIG Conner (it's in my Linux server right now). Either use this, or get a 2gig+ Quantum. > Network: 3c509B. This is what I have now and it seems to be a very good > card. Yes, the 3c509 card is good, you might want to look into the 3c5x PCI cards. > CDROM: SCSI 2x Get a 4X, MINIMUM. > Tape backup: SCSI.. I have no idea what is best, I am using a cheap > and slow floppy-tape drives right now and haven't been very pleased. I've heard that the ExaByte 4gigs are very nice. > - Steve > - Systems Manager == Chris Layne ============================================================= == coredump@nervosa.com ================= http://www.nervosa.com/~coredump ==
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