Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:22:21 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com> To: Joseph Gleason <clash@fireduck.com> Cc: Ed Henderson <Ed.Henderson@Certainty.net>, <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103241518060.51554-100000@mail.wlcg.com> In-Reply-To: <00f301c0b49f$115ed040$dc02010a@fireduck.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On the note of amanda: It is a good idea to use ssh or stunnel to port forward the amanda dumps between machines. Remeber that someone could use something like tcpflow to sniff and reconstruct the dump file that is being sent, then restore your slash partition to their machine and read the /etc/master.passwd and run an MD5 dictionary attack on the passwords contained there :) Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Joseph Gleason wrote: > I can answer at least a few questions. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Henderson" <Ed.Henderson@Certainty.net> > To: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 10:23 > Subject: Server MB suggestions? > > > > I am planning to use FreeBSD as my primary OS for an ISP that I am > starting. I am beginning my research for the best motherboard/hardware to > use for a production environment. One that is reliable and performs well > (with reliable being the number > > one priority!). I plan to build the server myself. My background has > been in Solaris on Sun equipment so most of the hardware choices were > already made for me! > > > > Here are some questions that I have: > > 1. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good MB to use? Or what chipset > is the best and most stable with FreeBSD? I plan to use AMD Athlon chips, > tower case, IDE drives/peripherals, at least 256MB RAM. Budget is limited > since we are just beginning: approx. $1300 per server (not including tape > drive which is seperate see #3 below). Servers will host typical ISP apps: > DNS, RADIUS, mail, Apache, etc. > > > > 2. What IDE controllers do your recommend? Or would SCSI be better (but > more costly)? I want to use at least RAID1 mirroring for some redundancy. > > I strongly recommend IBM deskstar drives with Promise IDE controlers. I > have had great experience with those. They are fairly cheap and have great > performance. If you need any sort of RAID, looks into 3ware ide raid cards > (http://www.3ware.com/). Just remember, RAID does not protect you from > opperator error or hackers deleting all your files. Since you are also > asking about tape stuff, I assume you are aware of this. ;-) > > > > > > 3. Any reliable tape drive suggestions? I have budgeted $1500 for a tape > drive. > > I'm not sure about specific hardware (my partner is doing all this work on > this project), but I would recommend a single box on your network that has a > tape changer and is running amanda (from ports tree). > > > > > 4. I am most familiar with building MSWindows systems and most of the time > MB/chipsets require add'l software/drivers to be loaded when installing > MSWindows. Since most boards are designed with MSWindows in mind does this > present a problem when using FreeBSD as the OS? > > > I have never personally had a problem with FreeBSD not working with any > particular motherboards. I'm sure someone else can give a better answer to > this question. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6vQICv8Bofna59hYRA1fcAJ9hqnigS6czZ9x741UK7U58KZ+jZwCeIBSq 7TNWsoRHd7k7YVQRSoUr4yc= =FXUa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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