Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 15:09:18 -0500 From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: jeff@mercury.jorsm.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Last revision?]: FreeBSD server considerations.. Message-ID: <199602252009.PAA01519@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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In lists.freebsd.isp you write:
>Get the ASUS, and start with a slower Pentium. The ASUS should support
>upwards of 180MHz so you save your initial investment.
>>
>> Bus: Almost if not everything PCI.
>All but your dirty video for plain text...
>>
>> SCSI Card: Adapetc 2940 PCI, $235.
>Get the Ultra Wide for about $65 more. If your supplier wants much
>more, find a new supplier.
Not a bad idea to look at the BusLogic cards as well, I have had exceptionally
good performance, and reliability with this guys.
>> SCSI Drives: Two Conner or Quantum 1.08GB drives. The 2GB seemed to be
>> more than twice the price of the 1GB drives. $245/Each.
>Seagate, Seagate, Seagate... Get Wide it only costs a few dollars more.
Thats religion, I would say connor connor connor, the 4207S specifically. One
hell of a badass 4.2gb 7200rpm SCSI disk. I have had many Seagates go dead on
me within two days due to how hot they run. (These all barracuda's).
>> Memory: 16Meg. I will upgrade to 32Meg shortly, when needed. Just about
>> $400.
>> CDROM: Toshiba 4x [SCSI]. $140. I will be using it for a bit more than
>> just installing the OS and the 4x is about the same price as the 2x.
>>
>> Tape: Conner TAPESTOR 4GB External SCSI. $440.
>> 4GB Tapes, $70/Each. 3 Tapes (daily/weekly/every third week backups)
>Spend more for a 8mm or DAT and save in the long run on media. Really.
For the CDROM I would recommend a Plextor. I think it was this weeks/month's
Media Source that had a review of 4x-8x CD's and they recommended Plextor's.
(Not to say the Toshiba is a bad drive, I believe they rated it second).
For the tape you should really spend the extra money and get a DAT drive. For
that I would recommend the Sony SDT-5000 compressing DAT. Has a 1mb on-board
buffer, and sustains nearly 900K/sec during a standard unix dump. Slows down
somewhat on already compressed data and such. With a typical compression you
get about ~8GB on a $15 120meter tape, or ~$4GB on a 90 meter tape ($7).
-Crh
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