From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Feb 25 12:09:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA15854 for isp-outgoing; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 12:09:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA15849 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 12:09:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from henrich@localhost) by crh.cl.msu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA01519; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 15:09:18 -0500 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 15:09:18 -0500 From: Charles Henrich Message-Id: <199602252009.PAA01519@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: jeff@mercury.jorsm.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Last revision?]: FreeBSD server considerations.. X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu http://rs560.msu.edu/~henrich/