From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Feb 28 12:36:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA09636 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 12:36:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from boulder.earthnet.net (root@boulder.earthnet.net [199.45.146.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA09629 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 12:36:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from tanka (slip14.earthnet.net [199.45.146.114]) by boulder.earthnet.net (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id NAA21248 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:35:59 -0700 Message-Id: <199602282035.NAA21248@boulder.earthnet.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Troy Cobb" Organization: Solutions Consulting To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:39:01 -700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Yet another ISP startup question :) Reply-to: troy@solve.com Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk sorry to beat a long-dead horse, but... I've already confirmed my server, memory, router, access, OS etc..choices for a new ISP i'm starting...my last issue is hard drives... My plan is to equip all of the servers with Adaptec 2940UW controllers (the replacement for the 2940W)...though I doubt I'll use the WIDE capabilities right away (seems like overkill). I'm pretty set on getting no drives larger than 2GBs, to spread out the work-load on access..Also tending toward getting only 5400 RPM spin drives b/c of overheating issues I've heard w/ the 7200 RPM versions. I'd appreciate any advice y'all might have on drive choices (a religious topic?), particularly whether you find 12ms versus 9ms access times and/or cache size to have any noticiable effect in real-world ISP applications. TIA, - Troy ********************************************** Solutions Consulting 1111 Front Street, Ste 100 Louisville, Colorado 80027 (303) 665-0454 troy@solve.com http://www.solve.com/solutions ********************************************** email troy_pgp@solve.com for PGP Public Key